What goes through your mind when you are expecting something to work out and nothing happens? I get pretty disappointed every time, but then lately I’ve been working on Psalms of the Bible where the writer always is in trouble in the beginning or is expressing disappointment over things which are not going according to what he expected, but still he finds purpose in praising God who is in control.

Wait!! How is that possible? How can you find purpose when nothing goes your way? I want to point out to a Psalm which probably is known as the Shepherd’s Psalm.The psalm talks about how a shepherd takes care of his sheep. The opening statement is very classic; it says when the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want of anything. Well I always say, that God is in control, yet I always seek something more and can never be satisfied without things in my control. Through the next verses, the psalmist talks about the Lord leading through phases in life which show His sovereignty and demonstrate His love for me.

I cannot believe how a simple psalm can proclaim so much about God’s love for me. He is not only with me through the good times, but also through the bad times. How does that help in finding purpose? It’s a very simple answer, God who is my shepherd, the creator of everything on this earth is with me, what more shall I need? Even though, I lack everything, in Christ I have everything that I need, my cup overflows with joy.

Well having God is not enough right? I know that, the first step towards any goal is going to start with a blank paper which is open to endless possibilities. It can be used to write, draw, paint, wipe or be discarded away. When the Lord is my shepherd, am I really letting Him take my life by the green pastures, still waters, in the path of righteousness or letting Him anoint my head with oil? I believe that Christ started working in my life when I let Him into my heart 12 years ago, leading me through experiences, incidents, learning curves to teach me, guide me, transform me and make me into a beautiful canvas which praises His name.

Every step of the way is abundant with resources without which I cannot have gone further. When nothing seems to happen in my favor, I’m disappointed sure for sometime, but then what I do not know is that is that it is refining me like gold and silver in the fire to be able to shine even brighter to love Him, serve Him and show His glory on this earth through me.

I love Romans 5:3-5

“More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

My purpose in nothing is to rejoice in Him because of God’s love which leads me in every situation.

-David