God restores the soul of His sheep. The soul is the essence of what makes you the person you are. You are not your body or even your mind. There is something within you that is the very core of your being. When God works on healing you, and bringing you back from the destructive path you have taken, He does not work on just the symptoms. God goes to where the root cause is and that is found in your soul.
No one, including ourselves, can go that deep and heal that completely. God is the Great Physician who knows every intricate part of your body, mind and soul. He knows how they work together. He knows how to cut, mold and regenerate any part of you. He alone can restore you to perfect spiritual health.
In the restoration of our soul we are lead in the paths of righteousness. There can be many motivations for doing an action. Some people do things because they feel guilty and shameful. Perhaps they will act because of fear of punishment. Many people obey laws out of fear of punishment and that includes the commandments of God. It is not that they are honest because they want to be, but because they are afraid God is watching and will punish them, possibly by sending them to Hell.
God leads us in paths of righteousness for His name sake. The only reason a Christian has for being obedient is Love. We do it simply because it is God who desires it. We don’t need a better reason. It is for His sake that we are obedient. We have no punishment hanging over us if we disobey. He will not send us on a guilt trip. He will only lead us in the way of righteousness and we will follow simply because we love Him.
To read the Psalm 23 series please click on the verses below:
Psalms 23:1
Psalms 23:2
Psalms 23:4
Psalms 23:5
Psalms 23:6
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