“The LORD is my shepherd.” This can be your great confidence. This can bring comfort in any dark night you are passing through. People might fail you and give upon you and forget to keep promises made. Still you can look to your personal relationship with God for strength.
The Shepherd knows you. He knows you and calls you by name. He knows all your desires and needs. He knows your fears. He knows what you hide in secret. He knows all about you; even your innermost thoughts. There is nothing about you that he is not interested in. Even he has numbered the very hairs of your head.
The Shepherd leads and guides you. Every experience of life that can pull you down need not frighten you. For he has gone ahead of you. And he walks with you even in the valley of deep shadows where death lurks. He guides you through the best path. And keeps you from straying from the direction he wants you to go. Sometimes he uses discipline to keep you on the straight path.
The Shepherd will make you lie down in green pastures and beside streams of water. Those are places to find rest and refreshment, renewal and strength. He can cause your cup to overflow. This is best appreciated when you have a season of abundance following the trials of life. God’s blessings can exceed expectations.
The Shepherd helps you face life’s battles. There are occasions he exalts your life in such a way even in the presence of your enemies. He sends the Spirit of God to protect you from all torment of spirit and mind that might trouble you. He will lift up a defence against all oppression that can trouble your heart.
The Shepherd provides for you. He is calling you to focus on him and not on your material needs. They will be met when you are in a right relationship with him. He will see that you don’t lack. That doesn’t mean you are going to have a life of prosperity. But be assured that your needs he will meet.
The Shepherd gives your life’s journey meaning. You are not travelling without a destination. There is coming a time when your life will move beyond this earth. Then you will find a place in the Shepherd’s heart and home in heaven for ever. Wow, it is relationship that time nor death can put an end to! Till then God’s mercy, love, and goodness will accompany your journey.
My friend, do you know this Shepherd God? Do you know the One who bled and died for you; gave up his life so that you might find life?
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“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep”
— Jesus Christ (John 10:11 Bible).
1Psalm 23:1 by King David
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