“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.” (v.1)
We, like sheep, desperately need a shepherd. And if the LORD is truly our shepherd, we should follow Him and not go wondering away from: His provision, His rest, His Word, His path, His comfort, His communion, His goodness, His mercy, nor His eternal kingdom. Or, like sheep, we will find ourselves lost, defenseless, hungry, thirsty, beat-up, wounded, maybe even surrounded on all sides by predators.
Isaiah said it best:
We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to his own way(Isaiah 53:6). That’s our tendency. The human prideful nature that leads to, self-indulgence, individualism, going my own way, doing my own thing, and denying the need for the LORD as a shepherd.
When anyone or anything else is shepherding us, we can never satisfied. If our vocation shepherds us, then there is restlessness and feverish activity and frustration. If education is our shepherd, then we are constantly being disillusioned. If another person is our shepherd, we are always disappointed, and ultimately we are left empty.
But, if the Lord is our shepherd, as David says, we shall not want.
The Truth: "Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.” (Psalm 34:9-10)
