Category: 2020 – Psalm 23

I Shall Not Be In Want

Want is big in our world. Who doesn’t want something? What about something bigger? Nicer? Faster? We want.

When asked how much money it takes to make a man happy, John D. Rockefeller replied, “Just one more dollar.” Or how about one more thing? One new job? One new car? One new house? One new spouse?

But then the new job gets old. The new-car smell passes. The new house needs repairs. The new spouse has bad habits, and the sizzle fizzles.

Are you hoping that a change in circumstances will bring a change in your attitude?

Consider what David said in Psalm 23:1, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

Click here for more from Max Lucado’s Traveling Light & Philip Keller’s A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

The Lord is My Shepherd

Jesus invites us, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).  If we let Him, God will lighten our loads…but how do we let Him?  Let the Twenty-Third Psalm show us.

Traveling light means trusting God with the burdens you were never intended to bear.  God promises, “Unload all your worries onto Him, since He is looking after you” (1 Peter 5:7).

Think of the five fingers on your left hand.  Let each finger stand for a word in Psalm 23:1. Meditate on the verse by grasping each finger, one at a time, with your right hand.

Click here for more about Psalm 23:1 from Philip Keller, Robert Morgan, and Max Lucado