You can find a Psalm for every season in your life! This is one of the reasons why Psalms is so loved. . No book of the Bible peers more deeply into the human soul and experience than Psalms. You will find a deep and wide range of emotions that people have poured out before God in its poetry. In this season of my personal journey, no Psalm has been more dear to my heart than Psalm 23. Immediately when we reflect on the Lord being my Shepherd a tender image of the Lord comes to mind. We serve a God who nurtures, nourishes and protests us like a Shepherd does his sheep. It's also impossible to miss the stunning depiction of our Lord Jesus who declared Himself to be the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep. He's the Shepherd who leaves the 99 safe, to go after the 1. One of the most fascinating truths about Psalm 23 though, is not in the metaphor that David draws on but on identity of the One who is called Shepherd in Verse 1. If we move too quickly past Verse 1 and the detail of who David identified as his Shepherd, we miss the beauty of what it means for God to be our Shepherd. To put it this way, there are only four Hebrew words in the first verse: YAHWEH RO'I LO ECHSAR. The most astonishing truth about this Psalm is that David called God by His personal name "YAHWEH". “Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall not lack.” This is God’s covenant name; the name God gave to Moses during the dramatic encounter with him at the burning bush in Exodus 3. This personal, covenant name of God points to Him being: UNCHANGING, CONSTANT, SELF-EXISTENCE AND UTTERLY INDEPENDANT. His existence is from Himself and for Himself and there is nothing about Him that is derived in any way from anything outside of Himself. This means that He all that He needs is within Himself and that He is never in need. Here's the truth friends, ONLY A GOD WHO NEEDS NOTHING CAN SUPPLY OUR NEED! This is why David was bold and confident enough to say: "Yahweh is my Shepherd, I shall not lack". Next time you get into your prayer closet, the next time to speak to your heavenly Father, have this in your heart, that the God you call upon is never in need and can supply all your need according to the riches of His glory!

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