How to Enjoy the Journey | Study the Bible with Me
even though I walk through the darkest Valley I will fear no evil for you are
with me your rod and your staff they comfort me
Psalm 23 verse 4 so in my last video was on the seasons and I talked about
different seasons of life and one season of life that I'm in in particular is
waiting I know God has promised me several things and while it's really
exciting to look forward to the future God is definitely prompting me to look
at what I have now and enjoy the now so the scripture says even though I walk
through the darkest Valley I will fear no evil for you are with me
so even when we're going through the worst of the worst times we don't have
anything to be afraid of if we walk with God one key word in the scripture is
through we are going through it so no matter what you are going through today
stay with God and it'll help you to embrace the season that you're in so one
example of this is the home that we live in our home is pretty small and I know
that we are going to buy a bigger house in the future so that we will have room
for our kids but it's just not what we are supposed to be doing right now you
know I just feel like God wants me to stay here for a few years longer and
it's easy to look around at the limited space that we have and kind of want more
but why focus on the things that I don't have instead of focusing on the things
that I do have the time it's gonna pass anyway so you might as well take the
situation that you're in and take your circumstances and everything around you
and make the best of it the scripture goes on to say your rod and your staff
so these are two items that Shepherds would use to keep control over the Sheep
and to guide their sheep sheep are naturally stupid animals and so it's no
surprise that people are often referred to as sheep throughout the Bible and
Lord but Lord is our Shepherd that's actually how Psalm 23 starts off
ironically the Lord is my shepherd I shall not be in want so when this says
your rod and your staff they comfort me living by the guidance of the Holy
Spirit will allow us to live in this space of comfort no matter what dark
valley you're going through and the scripture
said I will fear no evil not that there will be no evil so evil is inevitable on
this earth and staying with God and focusing on the positives and what we do
have currently in our lives will allow us to combat the fear of evil
Philippians of chapter 4 verses 11 through 13 I am NOT saying this because
I am a need for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances I
know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty I have learned
the secret of being content in any and every situation whether well fed or
hungry whether living in plenty or in want I can do all this through him who
gives me strength so in this verse Paul is in prison and he's talking about how
to live in contentment despite his situation and he's saying
that whether he is well fed or hungry whether he is in plenty or in need he
has learned how to discipline himself to be happy and content regardless of the
situation God calls us to be stable and if you need everything in your life to
be perfect in order to be happy and to have stability then that's really not
showing true maturity as a Christian God wants us to be consistent and stable
with our emotions and stable with our mood and content no matter what's going
on in our lives if we're able to navigate the Downs of life and still
have a good attitude and remain content then God sees that and he will reward us
accordingly and of course I say reward just like I say harvest and I talked
about this in several videos before I don't necessarily mean material things
but God sees our efforts and it will not go unnoticed
just like he talks about the seed that we so if we sow a good seed that we will
have a good harvest you don't want to be controlled by your circumstances because
being controlled by your circumstances you'll just be so unhappy and you'll
miss out on such beautiful beautiful things in the everyday ordinary parts of
life I will be thirty years old today and let me tell you this is definitely
the most important lesson that I've learned thus far is how to enjoy the
journey even when I'm waiting on something so
for example when I was in nursing school I hated it I hated being a nursing
school it was so hard and I just wanted to get out and I definitely did not
enjoy that as much as I could have and then now when I talk about people that
I've graduated at the nursing school it's been years now and I look back how
much fun we did half together because we were a little community we had all our
classes together I kind of wished that I kind of just sat and enjoyed the moment
enjoy being in college and being with other people who are also going for the
same careers as I was and I've learned how to embrace where I'm at right now
and use the promise that God has given me that I know will happen in the future
to give me hope and something to look forward to it actually I feel like
that's what makes life so exciting right looking forward to the future and
knowing that God has something beautiful in store for you
a lot of times people think that they will be happy when you know they have a
bigger house in my example or I will be happy when I I don't know get married
but at the end of the day although those things are great and they're beautiful
in its own time that's not what's gonna keep you happy you know things are not
gonna keep you happy remain hopeful and try to look at all of the positive
things that are in your life right now and embrace it and just enjoy it to the
fullest and most importantly sometimes when we focus too much on our
circumstances it actually makes us selfish as Christians we are called to
serve not to be served and like I said there's nothing wrong and you know
wanting things of this world and wanting stuff and wanting to be happy nothing
wrong with that but it shouldn't be our priority and when we make our
circumstances our priority then we're making ourselves our priority and God
wants us to look around at everyone around us and help those in need is
there a friend that you feel like you can give a helping hand to or do you
have a parent that you know needs cleaning their house or I don't know
anything when you stop focusing so much on yourself and your own circumstances
that's another way you can start to just enjoy the little things around you and
embrace where you're at right so I really hope that you enjoyed this
video thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next time bye