Skip to main content

The Gifts Of God

THE RIGHTEOUS ONE [Part 4]

by REVD 'REMI TEJUMOLA

THE RIGHTEOUS PATHS

PSALMS 23: 1-6 (KJV)
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.


I know that many times Christians all over the world recite this 23rd Psalm daily during their devotion and also during church services. Of course, if while you recite this Psalm, your heart reaches out to God or Jesus, there is this good feeling that will come upon you and will cause Goosebumps feelings to break out on you. You will feel good!

But I realize that there is more to this Psalm than the good feelings that you get out of it.

‘The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want’ can also be read this way: ‘Because the Lord is my shepherd; I will have all my needs met’. So the most important thing about this Psalm, to the reader, is to ensure that the Lord is his shepherd. If the Lord IS YOUR SHEPHERD, it means and indicates that the Lord owns you and that you belong to Him. It also means that He rules in the affairs of your life and He has the responsibility of taking care of you in everyway possible. Until this is in place, all the other things that should happen in your life from the 2nd till the 6th verse will never really be fulfilled in your life – if you like, you can quote it from sunshine till sundown, it will do you no good. It may make you smile, but that’ll just be about the only thing it will do for you. The next time you read through this Psalm, ask yourself if the Lord is your shepherd, and if this is so, the promised blessings will begin to manifest in your life just as it is written.

‘He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake’ means He will show you what to do and where to go for His name sake. One other most important thing is that if the Lord is your shepherd He will guide you in all the affairs of your life and He will do this in the paths of righteousness. The paths of righteousness are the ways in which God’s kingdom is run. There are ways by which things are done in the kingdom of God. These ways are revealed to us in His Word. This is the reason why the Apostle Paul told us in the book of Colossians, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom” (Colossians 3: 16).

Many people have made the mistake of thinking ‘Once I give my life to Jesus, I am ok’. But that is a terrible mistake. You give your life to Jesus and begin to learn from the Bible how to walk the paths of righteousness so that all may be well with you. I tell you, when you begin to give yourself to the reading and study of the Word of God, as a child of God, your life will progressively change for the best!

If at the point of getting born-again you didn’t make any commitment to get into the Word of God, a time will come when you will not be able to tell whether there is any change in your life when you compare it with your life before. The knowledge of the Word of God will change you; the truth of the Word will sanctify you (John 17: 17). The Apostle Paul called it transformation (Romans 12: 1-2).

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

A Soldier Gone To Headquaters

By Revd 'Remi Tejumola Shalom! A senior friend just went home to be with the Lord, PASTOR PATRICK EZEKUDE OBAZE. He was aged 78 years old. I got to know him in 1985 after I became a part of the Faith Clinic which was founded by Rev. (Dr.) I.K.U. Ibeneme of blessed memory. Uncle 'Bobo' Obaze, as was fondly called by Dr. Ibeneme, was one of the numerous workers that the Faith Clinic had in those days in the mid-80s. All the workers came from different churches and ministries, and were of various ages and giftings. In spite of his age, He was simple and humble. He was easy to get along with, and very kind. He loved Jesus and was as excited about Him as anyone of us was who were much younger than he was. Like other workers of the ministry he was involved in deliverance ministrations. He often traveled with Dr. Ibeneme for outside ministrations. He also had a special love to minister the Holy Ghost baptism. He had great success in this area of ministry. I know it because I was a...

Dynamic Scriptures 10

By Revd 'Remi Tejumola Shalom! What you believe when you pray and afterwards matter. What you believe determines whether or not you ever get hold of what you desired of God. Whenever you pray and ask God for anything, God wants you to believe that you have recieved whatever it is you asked for. If you asked God for a cat, believe you have recieved the cat and you will get it. Notice He didn't say you should believe that God is going to bring it, but that you have received it, and you have it now by faith. This is when results come. But if after praying, and you didn't see any difference, you then say, 'I don't think my prayer is answered' , you have just aborted your own prayer. As soon as Jesus cursed the fig tree, He turned around and went His own way. He didn't bother to wait and see whether any change has occurred, "And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it" (Mark 11:14). You c...

Whatever Happened To Personal Evangelism

Dear Friend, Good day to you. I wish to pass on to you today a message I have had in my inbox for almost 3years now as a kind of reminder to our purpose as the body of Christ. It is an article by Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma Magazine . Please read. God bless. -Revd 'Remi Tejumola   Whatever Happened to Personal Evangelism? We are not anointed by the Holy Spirit simply to have visions or feel spiritual goose bumps. It's time for us to re-embrace soul-winning.   My heart sank two weeks ago when I heard that Dr. D. James Kennedy had died at age 76 of complications from an earlier heart attack. Knowing that Jerry Falwell died in May, and considering that Billy Graham is not in good health, I wondered who could possibly replace these stalwart Christian statesmen.   The congenial Kennedy, who usually wore an austere clerical robe when he preached on his popular television broadcast, founded Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale 48 years ago. Yet ...