“The Lord Is My Shepherd”
Wednesday, March 5, 2025Key Verse
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1
Text — Psalm 23:1-6
Message
Psalm 23 is a very popular passage in the Bible. It is one of the memory verses that children often learnt while they are still young. The psalm was written by David, the shepherd boy. He wrote it through the inspiration of the Spirit of God. David had experienced firsthand, the love, care and compassion of God. He now compared it to how he cared for his animals and concluded that God is a great Shepherd to His children.
The beautiful psalm that starts with the words, “The Lord is My Shepherd, I shall not want” remarkably describes how peaceful, fulfilling, and rewarding it is to live under the love and care of our good Shepherd, our loving and gracious Lord Jesus Christ. It is a prayer that assures us of God’s protective presence around us. The passage is teaching us to learn how to depend on God to meet our daily needs for love, protection and care.
We need God at all times, whether in the day or in the night, at home, in school, in everything we do, and everywhere we go, so that we can proudly say, “The Lord is my Shepherd”, now and always
Further Reading
Hebrews 13:20,21
Prayer for today
Lord, I need You as my Shepherd now and forever. Amen
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
