He is everything

So, something I've been learning recently is about how great God truly is. For so long I think I've put God in this box, and I only let certain sides of Him come out when it is convenient for me. I'm seeing how He can be so many things to so many people all at the same time. I'm going through a book called "Knowing God by Name," and each day there's a different name for God and what characteristics that name entails.

Another scripture that has really started meaning more to me is Psalm 23. I think I've always just thought of it as a funeral passage, and never really looked at what it means:

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

As I read through this the bolded words really stick out to me. I've seen how all these things God can be for us. Whether we need someone to shepherd us or to just rest in him. He leads us and restores us. He can comfort and anoint us. And we can dwell in him.

This is just a little part of what God is teaching me...as I dwell in Christ so he can anoint me for the tasks I have to do.