I Shall Not Want
I’ve only ever seen it once; a shepherd leading his little flock of sheep along the hillside. A shepherd who’s voice the sheep recognised as that of the one who fed and cared for them – and so they followed.
The Lord is my shepherd …
… I shall not want. Psalm 23v1
A presumptuous claim you say? Not at all – He really promises that…
Matthew 28v20 I am with you always
Luke 12v24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke 12v27-28 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Can you honestly call Him your shepherd?
… Or are you still trying to live life ‘your way’?
Are you fully trusting His provision?
… Or vainly amassing to yourself goods at other people’s expense?
The Bible says:
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; Isaiah 53v6
The Lord Jesus said:
“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.”
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.” John 10v11,27,28
The Saviour is calling today - will you turn from your lost way by taking God at His Word, and begin following, and trusting Christ in everything from this day forward?