THE VICTORIOUS GOD

 


MAY 21.    

I AM YOUR SHEPHERD

“The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want.” - Psalm 23:1

Many years ago, when I was taught this in my primary school days I had a very different understanding. I rewrote the verse by reading “The Lord is my Shepherd I shall want.” For sure this makes sense, with the Lord as our Shepherd who would not want more, he feeds us satisfactorily and I want more of Him.

Today we wake up to the victorious God announcing to us that He is our Shepherd. Our life is a journey where we are guided by our seen and unseen shepherds, it is a long journey and as we step out we must know who our shepherd is.

The word shepherd means to pasture, tend, feed and be a companion. The question is, Who is our Shepherd? Have we accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Shepherd? Psalm 139 vs 13 tells us that God knit us together and put us in our mother’s womb and Psalm 23 declares to us that The Lord is our Shepherd and we shall not want. He had nurtured us from conception to the point when he is now our companion and our Shepherd, declaring his victory over us his sheep. Our victorious God, Our shepherd knows our needs and provides all that we can ever need. Our shepherd does not stop feeding us, protecting us and carrying us when we are too weak to walk. Like the Bummer lamb He rescues us when we are rejected by family and friends. At the times when we are lonely let us remember our Good Shepherd. We know his voice and we follow him faithfully, he is not like a hireling who has no relation and no commitment with his sheep. The hireling will run away if a lion attacks his flock but Our Lord Jesus Christ gave his life in exchange for the salvation of his sheep, he demonstrated this by dying on the cross for us. Our shepherd celebrates our progress as we learn his ways and follow him faithfully.

Let us Pray: I thank you Lord for being a sheep in your flock. Thank you for being our shepherd. We will follow you all the days of our lives and we shall not want.

Bible verses: John 10:11-15; John 10:27-28; 1 Peter 5:4, Ezekiel 34:11-12, Psalm 23:1-6

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