The Lord's Prayer 6

The Lord's Prayer 6.

3. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.

God Almighty always leads us by His Spirit resident in all His adopted children to refresh us by stilling our souls and therefore restoring us, but as the free moral agents that we are we also have a choice to obey or reject such promptings.

Just as at the beginning when the Holy Spirit hovered over the waters so also does the Holy Spirit act upon the Word of God we meditate upon and store in our hearts to help us focus on the author and finisher of our faith.

In the hustle and bustle of the times we live in and various things trying to compete for the little time we have, it is only when we purposefully dissociate ourselves from them all and therefore make out time for God's Word, that our souls can be refreshed and restored and we can therefore be refocused towards God's good, pleasing and perfect will for our lives.

Our proper response to the Holy Spirits prompting can be appreciated when we come to the understanding of the words of God as inspired by the wise author of Proverbs 8: 34 to 35, which goes thus: 
34. Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. 
35. For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.

The consequence of not allowing God's Spirit to lead us is that as in verse 36, those who fail to find Him harm themselves and will eventually end up hating Him and unfortunately embracing death and eternal damnation as a result.

Let's make out time for the restoration and refreshing of God Almighty that are new every morning.