The Shepherd's Care
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David declares the most fundamental truth about God's provision - when the Lord is our shepherd, we lack nothing.
This verse is not a promise of material excess, but a profound statement about sufficiency. As a shepherd ensures his flock has everything needed for life and health, God provides all we truly need. The Hebrew word for 'want' implies not just material lack, but any deficiency that would harm us.
Apply This Today
Today, identify one area where you feel lack and consciously place it under the Shepherd's care, trusting His provision rather than anxiously striving.
Prayer
Good Shepherd, I place my life in Your hands. Help me trust that with You as my provider, I have everything I truly need. Guard me from the anxiety of want and fill me with the peace of Your sufficiency. Amen.
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