"The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want"
Isn't it funny that in the world we live in we can want so many things. Because we are at the advance knowledge and sphere we are at, its difficult sometimes to determine what is a want and what is a need.
What do you want?
What do I want?
I can think of quite a few things I want, a new car, to be thin, I want to be rich, I want to be back at the school I was working at....the want list can become unlimited.
The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want" I am reading a wonderful book by John Bevere called, "Enemy Access Denied." It is the 3rd book of a series. The first one was - "Satan's Bait" offense! Wonderful, I would recommend everyone to read it. If you have been hurt, or betrayed in your life (which everyone has) read it, it will set you free.
But in the book Enemy Access - he showed how in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had every tree to eat from but 1 - the enemy (Satan) came to point out the 1 they didn't have. Therefore, the want came into play.
Could our wants - lead us astray from what God wants for us?
Could we look at what God is saying I don't want this for you, stay away from that club, from that social activity...not because He's trying to deny us from something, but could He know something we don't? Hello!
The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want....for me I chose to believe God's Word more than my word or the outside world's word, and more importantly Satan's word.
I shall not want, even though the news is saying recession - I shall not want!
I'm not driving the car I want right now...but I shall not want - because my Shepherd will lead me to the perfect car - debt free!
Writing these words - gives me comfort!
Knowing that My Jesus said...I shall not want!"
I lack nothing! The enemy of our soul is always coming with a suggestion. You lack this, you lack that. When our Shepherd says..."there is no lack"
I saw a young women that I had known at my church, when I met her originally she was just a young teenager. She was excited and on fire for God. As the years went, somethings in her life changed, the boy she thought she would marry broke up with her....life changed, she didn't have what she wanted. She got offended, the enemy came to point out what she didn't have...she started reasoning, "well I go to church, I still listen to praise and worship sometimes, it's okay to go to the clubs...what's wrong with going to the clubs and dancing and meeting new people?
I'm going to the clubs on Friday and or Saturday nite, but I still go to church on Sunday."
She got deceived. The choice was hers to make. Chose God's way or your way. She deceived and betrayed herself. Her choice led her to date a young man, she became pregnant and had a baby.
She is living with him, and he is a drug addict and has bi-polar disorder. When we spoke to her the shame of her lifestyle was evident. She allowed access of the enemy into her life and he has led her to such heartache.
BUT it's not over...her baby: the Bible says that God knew her before the foundations of the earth. Psalms 139. She wasn't a mistake, and she wasn't a surprise...because God knows the path He has chosen for us, and He knows the path we will chose for ourselves when we chose to ignore His word.
BUT God's grace and mercy are there for us. His forgiveness when we sin and get off the path. All we have to do is repent, and get back in line following our Shepherd. It's so easy, but shame, and stubborness, and unbelief enters in that we can't accept the forgiveness. We won't accept the love Jesus has for us. So we go on again believing what we think more than what God said.
What a vicious cycle we get ourselves into.
Believe the love today my friend if you have become the shepherd of your own life. The world loves independance, but God loves it when we are dependent on Him. Not because He needs us to be for His ego, BUT because He knows better than us what today will bring and the choices that will be before us...chose God's Word, God's Way, let Him lead you!
Isn't it funny that in the world we live in we can want so many things. Because we are at the advance knowledge and sphere we are at, its difficult sometimes to determine what is a want and what is a need.
What do you want?
What do I want?
I can think of quite a few things I want, a new car, to be thin, I want to be rich, I want to be back at the school I was working at....the want list can become unlimited.
The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want" I am reading a wonderful book by John Bevere called, "Enemy Access Denied." It is the 3rd book of a series. The first one was - "Satan's Bait" offense! Wonderful, I would recommend everyone to read it. If you have been hurt, or betrayed in your life (which everyone has) read it, it will set you free.
But in the book Enemy Access - he showed how in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had every tree to eat from but 1 - the enemy (Satan) came to point out the 1 they didn't have. Therefore, the want came into play.
Could our wants - lead us astray from what God wants for us?
Could we look at what God is saying I don't want this for you, stay away from that club, from that social activity...not because He's trying to deny us from something, but could He know something we don't? Hello!
The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want....for me I chose to believe God's Word more than my word or the outside world's word, and more importantly Satan's word.
I shall not want, even though the news is saying recession - I shall not want!
I'm not driving the car I want right now...but I shall not want - because my Shepherd will lead me to the perfect car - debt free!
Writing these words - gives me comfort!
Knowing that My Jesus said...I shall not want!"
I lack nothing! The enemy of our soul is always coming with a suggestion. You lack this, you lack that. When our Shepherd says..."there is no lack"
I saw a young women that I had known at my church, when I met her originally she was just a young teenager. She was excited and on fire for God. As the years went, somethings in her life changed, the boy she thought she would marry broke up with her....life changed, she didn't have what she wanted. She got offended, the enemy came to point out what she didn't have...she started reasoning, "well I go to church, I still listen to praise and worship sometimes, it's okay to go to the clubs...what's wrong with going to the clubs and dancing and meeting new people?
I'm going to the clubs on Friday and or Saturday nite, but I still go to church on Sunday."
She got deceived. The choice was hers to make. Chose God's way or your way. She deceived and betrayed herself. Her choice led her to date a young man, she became pregnant and had a baby.
She is living with him, and he is a drug addict and has bi-polar disorder. When we spoke to her the shame of her lifestyle was evident. She allowed access of the enemy into her life and he has led her to such heartache.
BUT it's not over...her baby: the Bible says that God knew her before the foundations of the earth. Psalms 139. She wasn't a mistake, and she wasn't a surprise...because God knows the path He has chosen for us, and He knows the path we will chose for ourselves when we chose to ignore His word.
BUT God's grace and mercy are there for us. His forgiveness when we sin and get off the path. All we have to do is repent, and get back in line following our Shepherd. It's so easy, but shame, and stubborness, and unbelief enters in that we can't accept the forgiveness. We won't accept the love Jesus has for us. So we go on again believing what we think more than what God said.
What a vicious cycle we get ourselves into.
Believe the love today my friend if you have become the shepherd of your own life. The world loves independance, but God loves it when we are dependent on Him. Not because He needs us to be for His ego, BUT because He knows better than us what today will bring and the choices that will be before us...chose God's Word, God's Way, let Him lead you!
