Psalm 23
The Lord is my Shepherd, I lack nothing
He makes me lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside quiet waters
He refreshes my soul
He guides me along the right paths
For His name sake
Even though I walk through the darkest valley
I will fear no evil
For you are with me
Your rod and your staff they comfort me
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies
You anoint my head with oil
My cup overflows
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever
There are so many verses that have become so common we don’t even read them anymore. This is one of them and yet if we understood this passage of scripture how we handle our lives would be so different and how we handle other people’s lives would also be very different. We wouldn’t handle them we would let God handle them. So hard to do!
We say
If you will stop doing that
I will lack nothing
On and on….we do not really believe what this passage says
We can quote it and sing all about it
But what comes out of our mouth proves we don’t believe it
We are praying for us and we are praying for you that we will get the first verse of this passage right!