Psalm 23, the good sheperd.

Just a sharing of my devotion which I posted on my personal blog. Thought it would be good to share.

Ok, I'm going to try to write psalm 23 based on my memory on the train.

Let's go.



Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my Sheperd, I shall not want.

2. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me by still waters.

3. He restores my soul and He guides me in the path of righteousness for His name's sake.

4. 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.

5. You prepare a table before me, in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.

6. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.

Hey I think I did a pretty good job here right? (Applause) haha Ok here we go.

This psalm of David speaks so much of the Lord and How much He means to me.
Its a beautiful representation of The sheperd who watches over his sheep.

Sheep are pretty helpless and always in danger of being attacked by predators, disease etc.

Verse 1 is amazing. The Lord is my sheperd, I shall not want. It tells us, we don't need anything apart from the Lord.
This made me think of 2 other verses in the bible where Jesus was in the desert for 40 days. Man does not live by bread alone but by the word of God.
Also, when Joseph was a slave. He had nothing but yet the word says he was successful in all that he did and the Lord was WITH him.
I think its really hard to apply what it means to live by faith but this is christianity. The journey of faith makes it so exciting and so amazing.

When AE told me that she had the best sales in december. We were left scratching our heads. How can that be, with all the christmas preparations, her Grandfather's funeral etc. We realised, When we follow the sheperd, we do not need anything. Seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and ALL these will be added to us. Similarly, verse 6, Surely GOODNESS and LOVE will FOLLOW you. Where we follow the sheperd our Lord Jesus Christ. GOODNESS and LOVE will follow us. We do not need to chase these things. They come looking for us.

I think I'll talk about verse 2 tomorrow as there's like so much to talk about and followed by the reading on the book of Joshua. Another amazing journey of faith and conquest which comes perfectly as a devotion to preparing to start alpha.