Psalm 23:4
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."
On a day that remember the thousands of lives lost in the worst attack on this country since Pearl Harbor, it is important to understand that God is with us. After the 9/11 attacks people flocked to churches for spiritual healing. Some questioned God's existence by allowing this to happen (I was one of those people). What I, and others, failed to realize is that nowhere in the Bible is there a promise that bad things won't happen to us. We live in a fallen world full of evil where the Deceiver is the ruler. The Bible calls him, "the ruler of this world."
After a few weeks of church population explosion, things settled down and people no longer needed God to help them in their everyday lives. The crisis had subsided and God was no longer necessary. My friends, that is the wrong attitude. We don't come to God to help us through tough times only to walk away again. I call that "Crisis Christianity." We need to continually walk with the Lord so when we are in need, He is already there.
The writer of this Psalm specifies this in stating that while he is walking through the valley of the shadow of death, he is not afraid because God is with him because he is walking with Him.
Let's not use God or the Bible as a band-aid to help us temporarily. Let's work on a relationship with God and walk with Him everyday.
And that begins with accepting His Son, Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord.
Walk with Christ.
Mike
