“The
Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1
In John 10 Jesus said, “The Good Shepherd gives His life for the
sheep.” That was fulfilled in Psalm 22. Psalm 23 pictures the Good Shepherd
caring for His sheep. As we are saved through His shed blood and assured of
eternal life by His resurrection, we can also be certain that our Shepherd is
not done caring for us. As Paul said in Romans 8, “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how
shall He not with Him also freely give us all good things?” Here is the
Father sending the Great Shepherd of Hebrews 13 to work in and for the care of
His sheep.
Look at all the “good things” that the
Great Shepherd provides for us in Psalm 23. He gives us sufficiency, daily
fresh supply, rest, restoration, guidance, security, His presence, His Holy
Spirit, abundance, companionship and eternity. Any one of those things would be
a pretty tall order. The world cannot offer the assurance of any of them, but
the risen Good Shepherd, the Chief Shepherd of our souls, provides them all. So
God gives us all “good things” through our wonderful Shepherd, Jesus Christ.
Dear
Father, Thank You for sending Your Son to be our Shepherd both to die for us
and then to daily care for us. Amen.
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