The Lord is My Shepherd

The Lord is my Shepherd

We have been thinking about sheep a lot lately, because of our sheep ministry, and in our churches, we have been hearing about how the Shepherd cares for his sheep.

Last Sunday in our Spanish church we sang this Chorus of a Spanish hymn. Here is my rough translation:

The Lord is my Shepherd

I lack nothing here

I walk with Him in His way

In His arms I trust

Nothing will separate me from the love of God.

This morning I am listening online to a sermon by Jason Martin, my families’ pastor at FBC, Breckenridge, Texas. His text is Psalm 23:5-6. He is talking about how shepherds care for their sheep; how they “prepare the tableland” by pulling up the beautiful flowers, “the white camma,” that the sheep love to eat, but that would kill them. “The shepherd goes before his sheep.” Our God takes care of us in the same way; He is preparing the way for us.

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My mother sent me the following devotional from the book Day by Day: A Daily Praise Offering by Gwen R. Shaw.

“THE NATIONS FOR YOUR INHERITANCE

Scripture Reading Psalm 2:1-8

‘Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.’ Psalm 2:8

That is My truth to you. All you need to do in order to be mighty in the nations, is to ‘ask Me.’

But first you need a vision and a desire for the nations. Many of My children are very self-centered. They have no burden nor concern, nor love, nor interest in the nations. They live their lives around themselves and their immediate families.

But if you will be My true follower, you will see your neighbour through My eyes, and you will take pleasure in learning to know your generation, even though it is of another colour or creed.”…

“Lift up your eyes upon the nations. The treasures of Heaven are the beautiful peoples of the nations….So go to them now. Pray for them now. Ask Me to give you the treasures of the nations.”