Wednesday: Psalm 23 (day 3)

He restoreth my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for HIS name's sake.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and welcome to Salvation Wednesday on this, the Carry The Light Ministries, praise, prayer and message line. Today is the day we pray for the lost, and we pray that God will lead us to them so that we may lead them to Him. Makes sense to me, I hope it does to you. In short, in my words, get off the couch and get to work for God.
Please pray today for healing for Wanda Hoch, for Pastor Charles Idler, for Pat Parvin, for Vicki and her dad ...

Psalm 23 (day 3)
Psalm 23: 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (King James)

Verse 3: Today, and would you believe it just happened to fall on Salvation Wednesday??
He restoreth my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for HIS name's sake. (King James)

Yes, our Lord Jesus has restored my soul and I hope you can say the same. Let me put it this way today, if it has not happened, it is YOUR FAULT, not that of our Lord Jesus. Jesus went to the cross and paid a very big price for us, to free us from our own sins. Remember, He did the work, we just need to, well accept it. If we accept it, then we need to live for Him. Here is a good way to tell if you are saved ... Go to the mirror and look in. It should say saved on your forehead! Ok, I am being funny ... But let me tell you this, if you go to the mirror and see the same grumpy person you have seen before, then you need to question your own salvation. Oh, and when it comes to judging, you surely can judge yourself, inspect yourself. Listen, in short, once you have Christ in your heart, you will change from your own ways. I have heard people cursing and swearing and then telling me they were saved. I question that, for how can you be saved, be living for our Lord Jesus, and at the same time you are ripping Him out? No, no ... You will change and others, others in your life, others at the work place, all those who know you will see a difference. You will change. Now there is one thing when this happens, those who are saved will come to you and pat you on the back, they will hug you, and love you. Those who are not saved will cast your past at you over and over again. Don't let it bother you, for the only one that makes a difference has washed it away. Don't worry about those others who slam you, just pray for them so that someday they will also understand what it means when you can say ... "He restoreth my soul."

Now that next part ... He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Oh, you thought Jesus went to the cross just to save our sorry backsides, no, He did it first to please His own Father, our Father in Heaven. Then He did it for us, and yes, He did it for His name's sake. He wants you to follow in the paths of righteousness and do it for Him, we are to do it to the glory of God, not just for our own glory. May I give you some basic examples ...

When we plant a garden and we work it and things grow, who should have the bragging rights for it? God should, not us. We need to praise God for He gave us the seeds, the ground, the water, the sun, and yes, our own ability to work the earth. When we go to work, and be us a doctor replacing a human part, or making a repair or a mechanic doing a repair on your car, your home, or even your TV or computer is it now all "TALENT ON LOAN FROM GOD" (Rush Limbaugh)? You know, when I first heard Rush say that I thought how nasty is that, and then after thinking about it, I thought, how true it is. Our talent comes from God and is on loan, it for sure can be taken back at anytime. So we give God glory again for our talent. In all we do, God has His hand on it if it is for good. And would you believe, He even blesses the non-believer as well, hoping that someday they will come to Jesus.

So as we look at having our soul restored, we need to remember that He did it for His name sake, and not just ours. I know of no better way on Salvation Wednesday, on the day we talk also about a restored soul, than to go to Jesus in prayer, and just ask Him to clean us up today. Are you with me on this? HEY, I can't do it for you, I can only ask you to pray along and do it in faith. This is not a WE type prayer, we cannot accept Christ for someone else. This is a personal thing between each one of us and our Lord Jesus, so with that said ... Let's clean up our acts today and ask Him to restore our soul, and then let's all live for His name's sake. Ok ... ready!!

Dear Father in Heaven, I do need my soul restored, rested down and cleaned up.. Lord, how we can mess up on any one given day... we slip, we fall, we backslide, and we get all dirty... Wash me today, wash me this day in the blood of Jesus and restore my soul and help me to repent of my sins and live for His name's sake. I sure would appreciate it this morning. And I ask this in faith, in the name of Jesus, knowing He will see my heart and clean me as needed. In the name of Jesus, AMEN.

Go forth now, sharing the blessings, and living and walking in the light of the Lord, for His name's sake. Love ya, dan.