Psalm 23

Psalm 23

The Lord is my Shepard I shall not want. - I don’t want anything else because the Lord is my all. Who is God to us? And who are we to Him? He is everything that we need. Ask yourself, is he the only thing you are looking for? Are we looking for fulfillment in something else other than the Lord?

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. - God places us in an open green field. Everything we ever need is in that field. When a babe is born, he needs someone to take care of him. Such as we need God to take care of us.

He leads me by still waters. - Imagine an older child, Luke's age, they need to be fed and guided. Still waters is required by sheep, because they are fearful of rough waters. Their wool lengthens so when the rough waters soaks into the wool, they become imbalanced and fall over. As we grow in the Lord, He leads by still waters not rough waters so we become overcome by the troubles this life offers.

He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. - We have been given everything we need through the word. Everything we obtain and work for in our life is for God's glory. It doesnt matter how many times we read an instruction manual, if we never read it and put it to practice we will never know if it works.

Yea, I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, - Where there is shadow, there is light. There is no DEATH in the valley of the shadow. Our journey with the Lord is about LIFE not DEATH! There's life all around us, and there is one shadow in our life and that is DEATH. If we stand in total LIGHT, we are living. What will kill us is not death, but it is our FEAR. The valley always signifies something wonderful and lovely. Our journey with God is GOOD!, but if we choose to fear, the only thing we will be chasing for the rest of our lives is death. We only see a shadow when we look back, or when we are walking away from the light.

I will fear no evil. - If we walk in the valley, there is no fear! If we have issues with God we will never be settled & will not be at peace. We need to make peace with God, and come to His table.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. - We come because God has prepared us for battle. When we have peace, we come to God's table, and we will have peace. How can we win souls for Heaven, if we are not ready for battle? How can we win a battle unless we FIGHT a battle.

If we are afraid of our enemies then we will be paralyzed by fear. But if our enemies are afraid of us, then we really have NOTHING to fear.