Psalms 23

I am currently reading A Shepard Looks At Psalms 23 by: W. Phillip Keller. He is a preacher and former shepard from North Africa. His book goes through Psalms 23 line by line explaining the meaning from a shepard's point of view; as David was in writing the Psalm. 

This book was a gift from someone who has been guiding me on my journey to finding myself in Christ and in this crazy world. For the first, I'd probably say, 3 months I was given this book I read the first chapter and a half and then didn't pick it up again; shrugging it off as just another "Christianity" book. He kept urging me every week to pick it up again and start reading it. I made every excuse I could find to not read it. I would grab a textbook instead or even start another devotional book with my bible (which wasn't a bad thing). But I was putting off this gift.

I finally picked the book up today when I got off work and decided to give it a try before I saw my Guide (as I will be calling him) again this week.

What I discovered captured my heart like I never would have imagined...

 "We may rest assured that He will never expect us or ask us to face more than we can stand. But what He does expose us to will strengthen and fortify our faith and confidence in His control." -W. Phillip Keller

 How many times do we catch ourselves asking God the question 

"Why?"

Instead of simply letting go of a situation and telling God that we trust Him and His judgment. 

Is He not all powerful, almighty, and all knowing?

Where do we get off asking HIM that question?

God should be asking us that question when we mess up or stray from His perfect plan and disobey Him. He should look at us with those big gorgeous eyes that sparkle with the 200-400 billion stars in our galaxy alone and ask us,

"Why?"

Instead He gives us circumstances that are made to strengthen our faith and to make our confidence in His absolute control steadfast. 

So we may be certain that our God is with us 100% of the time and nothing less!