A song of David. The LORD is my shepherd. I will always have everything I need. He gives me green pastures to lie in. He leads me by calm pools of water. He restores my strength. He leads me on right paths to show that he is good. Even if I walk through a valley as dark as the grave, I will not be afraid of any danger, because you are with me. Your rod and staff comfort me. You prepared a meal for me in front of my enemies. You welcomed me as an honored guest. My cup is full and spilling over.   Your goodness and mercy will be with me all my life, and I will live in the LORD'S house a long, long time. (PS: 23-1-6-(PS: 23-1-6-ERV)

       

   I shall not want:  The Bible says I shall not want.  That means we will have everything that is essential in life, and every need will be met, that is definite.  It does not mean however, that we will obtain everything we want.  There should be nothing missing in our lives simply because He promised I shall not want. There will be no lack of anything even if conditions come that present themselves as lack, we shall not want however it is based on whether or not we have a relationship with Jesus so we can get to our Heavenly Father.  Does that mean as Christians we will not have trials and tribulations that will arise in our lives?  Of course not. Christ never said that we would not have trials in, These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.  (Joh: 16:33-KJV) We are over comers already because greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.  It does, require us to trust in the Lord and not to put our faith into action.  The word of God says, But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? (James 2:20- EMTV) {English Majority Text Version.} 

 

As children of God we should learn to speak life and then believe that it is so whether or not we immediately see the manifestations. The power is in our mouth; we must speak into the atmosphere.  One of my favorite scriptures is in Proverbs and I have several versions so that we can get a clear understanding of its meaning: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (KJV) What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words. (GNB) The tongue can speak words that bring life or death. Those who love to talk must be ready to accept what it brings. (ERV) (Prov: 18:20)

 

The importance of knowing what we are saying is vital.  I shall not want, He is my shepherd; A shepherd is one who watches over His people, He is a protector, He provides guidance, we are His sheep, He takes care of us.  While I know for a fact that we can ofttimes cause the circumstances in life by our poor choices that has absolutely nothing to do with the Lord being our shepherd. I have preached and will continue to preach and teach until Jesus comes that our unwise, unthoughtful not really talked about  to the Holy Spirit and then wait for an answer before making our choices can develop into circumstances and situations that will cause irreversible decisions  we will have to live with until we decide to change our ways and take our wills off the thorn and put Gods will for us in its place.

 

Can God intervene and change the course of life that we have set for ourselves, of course; however, we must be willing to allow Him entrance. We must ask ourselves, whose will do we want? Ours or His. Because we are sheep in need of a shepherd, it would be wise for us to allow ourselves to be lead.  Oftentimes we think that we know where we are going and how to get there, so we tend not to consult anyone or listen to our GPS, and it speaks turn by turn instructions. 

   

 We do the same things with God.  He will give us an instruction, and a naysayer will come to confuse what was said or how exactly it was supposed to be done and we change our course.  We begin to doubt, faint, wonder, analyze, worry or fear that maybe just maybe God did not speak to me after all.  However, it is written; For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. (Isa: 55:8-KJV) God does and will give instructions that may or may not line up with what we think or feel; therefore, we must allow Him as our shepherd.  Let’s not make the mistake of being lead by anyone else.

The Lord is my shepherd, “I Shall Not Want”.