MY SHEPHERD 2

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Text : Psalms 23:1 

 *The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.* 

 *The Lord cannot be your shepherd and you will be in want.* If you allow the Lord to shepherd you, you will not be in want of anything. A sheep does not struggle to get anything done in "his" own strenght. A sheep simply obeys the shepherd and that takes care of its needs. 

When the scripture talks about want, do not think of " financial want" only. *There are many people with lots of money that are still in want. True Want is the Want of God's life and presence in a man.* . The primitive root of the Hebrew word from which want is coined from can be ; to lack ; by implication to fail, to lessen: - be abated, be bereaved, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want. 

Though you may be walking through the valley of the shadow of death, but you shall not lack divine protection if the Lord is your shepherd. 

Jesus our great shepherd once asked His disciples, "....When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing?" They replied and they said, Nothing.(Luke 22:35).

The only reason you will find yourself in want is, if you journey away( in spiritual distance) from the shepherd. This is also true of any sheep that strays. 

In the parable Jesus told about a man with two sons. The younger son collected portion of his own goods and took his journey into a far country. Not many days after he left his father, (having spent all he had), there arose a mighty famine in that land; *and he began to be in want.* 

Luke 15:12-14.

 *Check it whenever you are in Want, it could be because you have strayed from the Shepherd,quickly trace your steps back.* 

As a true child of God, if it appears you are in need of something, do not be in a hurry to categorise yourself as a person that is in want. Your Shepherd is in charge and He will bring you into your resting place soon. Don't give up. The Shepherd is leading you into your wealthy place. 

 *The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.* Psalms 34:10.

Bible Reading : Luke 15:14-32.


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