Psalm 23:1

Psalm 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Here is a well-known verse.  It is the one that begins the famous Psalm 23.

The first phrase states that the Lord is our shepherd.  If He is our shepherd, we must be the sheep.  That is pretty logical, I think.  Now if we are the sheep, let’s discover exactly what we are.

First of all, sheep are pretty unintelligent.  Sorry, but it’s true!  For sheep to learn a lesson, it takes quite times of pain for them to finally understand that they are only hurting themselves.  They are stubborn!  They stray everywhere.  They just aimlessly wander around and eat grass.  They follow each other for no apparent reason.  They are very dependent animals.  They constantly need someone who watches over them to make sure they do not get in trouble.  This “someone” is the shepherd.

We are exactly the same way.  We are stubborn; we go through much heartache to finally learn our lesson.  We follow each other around just because everyone else is doing it.  We are pretty dumb and cannot live on our own without getting into a lot of trouble.  This shows how dependent we are.  We, just like the sheep, need someone to constantly care for us.  This is our Savior Jesus Christ.  He is our Shepherd.  We are so dependent on Him, without Him we would be NOTHING!

This reminds me of the song entitled “Without Him”

Without Him I could do nothing,
Without Him I’d surely fail;
Without Him I would be drifting,
Like a ship without a sail

Without Him, I would be dying,
Without Him I’d be enslaved;
Without Him Life would be hopeless -
But with Jesus, Thank God I’m saved.

Jesus, O Jesus, Do you know Him today?
Do not turn Him away!
O Jesus, O Jesus, Without Him
How lost I would be...

                This song is so true!  Seeing how needy we would be without Him makes us realize, how much we depend on Him.  The last part of our verse says this: “I shall not want”.  This is saying that because God is our Shepherd, we are in need of nothing, we lack nothing!  Our Shepherd is all we need.  He is the only thing necessary for us to achieve completeness.  Oh how lost I would be without my Shepherd!!!

JESUS, YOU ARE ALL I NEED!!!