For those of us who have a hard time believing that God can use us, John Armstrong, on his blog, posts a link to this youtube clip
It’s a good reminder that God can use any of us.
A Little Bit About Me
I started my journey as a follower of Jesus when I was four years old. I know that may seem young, but I distinctly remember asking God to forgive my sins and save me, and I believe that’s when I became his child. Obviously, at that age, I didn’t have a clue about how this was going to work out in my life. I grew up as a pretty good kid, started a period of rebellion as a teenager, went to a conservative Bible college where the rebellion continued, actually graduated and began a few years of ministry in Christian schools.
My rebellion continued, but changed from a general fighting against “authority” to a realization that a lot of the things I was taught in fundamentalism were not only not sensible, but were not even Biblical. For awhile I tried to still minister in fundamental schools, while growing increasingly frustrated with the legalism and lack of grace and love that I saw around me and sometimes experienced. I know that I was seen as a “black sheep” by many.
About three years ago, God began to take me on a part of the journey that would change my life.
But, that’s a story for another day.
The Lord is my Shepherd
This is from something I wrote somewhere else:
I came across something cool the other day. It has to do with a slightly different angle on Psalm 23. One way of looking at the phrase “The Lord is my shepherd” – evidently in the times that this was written the kings and rulers of different empires presented themselves as the “shepherd” of their people who would take care of all of their needs (not unlike politicians today, who try to convince voters by making all sorts of promises). So the Psalmist is saying, “the Lord is my shepherd”, not any earthly ruler. I like that way of looking at it. It doesn’t take away all of the other facets of God being our shepherd, it just adds to it.
So to all those out there who are hoping on human rulers, whether Democrat, Libertarian, or Republican, liberal, conservative, or moderate – The Lord, the creator of all things, the ruler over all – He is my shepherd. He is the one who will meet all my needs. I put my trust in Him, not in person or party.