Our heavenly Father is the one who takes care of us, like He does the sparrows (Matt 6:24-34). He is our Pastor. He will not allow us to dash our foot against a stone (Psalm 91). All the Psalms are about Christ’s pastoral care of His people, which is why He was afflicted (Psalm 22).
He also corrects us. Heb 12:7-8 shows the correction and pastoring of our Father. He said that no son is without correction, or he is a bastard. Just as your earthly father corrected you, so you have a heavenly Father who knows what to do. We leave our Christian growth to Him. He knows how to deal with us and bring us into situations where we face issues and He changes in us what He wants to.
Go and tell My servant David, Thus says the Lord, Will you build a house for Me to dwell in?...Now thus says the Lord, I took you from the sheepcote…that you should be ruler of My people...I have been with you wherever you have walked…(1 Chron 17:4-8).
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Will we build His temple? Will we save or sanctify ourselves? Will we make a place for Him to dwell in? God was David’s shepherd. He cared for Him tenderly wherever he went. He was successful because God chose Him. Joseph became Prime Minister of Egypt because God chose Him. It was not them or their leadership method. It was the sovereignty of God.
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