Shepherd Me

#111: And I Shall Not Want


Shepherd me, O Lamb of God
Let me know that You're enough
You withhold no wondrous thing except
When You've designed a grander plan of love

Shepherd me, O Lamb of God
Let me trust Your gentle heart
Pastures green or valleys dark
We will never be apart
Shepherd me, O Lamb of God

If I set my eyes on what You give
Or what you take away
Instead of who You are to me
I find it hard to say...

Shepherd me, O Lamb of God
Let me know that You're enough
You withhold no wondrous thing except
When You've designed a grander plan of love

Shepherd me, O Lamb of God
Let me trust Your gentle heart
Pastures green or valleys dark
We will never be apart
Shepherd me, O Lamb of God

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That's one of Windsongs' original songs based on Psalm 23.
This morning, Psalm 23 was what the Lord gave me during my Devotional Time.

"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures and quiet waters.
The Lord is my Shepherd, He heals my soul.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
And even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me.
Your rod and staff, O Lord, they comfort me.
You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies.
Surely goodness and Your love will follow me all the days of my life.
And I will dwell in the house of my Lord forever."

In the Youth group that I teach every Sunday, before we sing our worship song, I ask my kids to chew on the song's lyrics and share how the lines apply to their lives. I think that's a good exercise to make us realize that the Lord's comfort is real and is just a prayer, just a song, just a breath away. Today, the Lord wants me to do that exercise with Him.

"I shall not want."
I want certain things. I expect certain things from certain people. But the reason why things are not the way I want them to be is that they are not how the Lord wants them to be. He gives us many many reasons not to want. When we do, it's because we are wanting unnecessary things.

"Let me know that You're enough"
When we make Him our portion and our lot, we will find that He is enough. When we work with all our hearts and we know that we did our work for Him, His satisfaction alone is enough. No one else has to notice. No one else has to validate. No else has to know. He is enough.

"You withhold no wondrous thing except when You've designed a grander plan of love."
I remember this quote I nicked off one of the commentaries posted on the net. It says, "I have wanted so many things in life that I did not get. But I've gotten what the Lord deemed that I should get. Not all of this has pleased me, but it has pleased His good and perfect will."

"He heals my soul."
The way I've been sounding the past how many days, it's as if I'm broken. No, I'm not broken. Nothing so silly or shallow should break me. If I am less and less of myself, then I should praise God because then He could mold me to be more and more like Him. He heals. He is able to give peace that surpasses all understanding. And because of that, I should be able to have comfort that supercedes all of my heart's complaints. I will trust His gentle heart.