I.         The Lord provides Relationship.

1. First, let’s look at what David DIDN’T write. He didn’t write “the Lord is a shepherd.” He didn’t write “The Lord is THE shepherd.” He wrote “The Lord is MY shepherd.” In that statement he is showing a personal relationship with God.

2. David knew that since he had his personal relationship with God, he would have everything he could ever need. So, he wrote his feelings in this statement, “… I shall not want.” That word ‘want’ can also be translated as lacking. So what David is saying is that, “I shall not lack.”

3. In verse 2 it says that he makes us to lie down in green pastures. But the thing about sheep is that they will not lay ... Read more »