Social Distancing I Shall Not Want

Social Distancing

I Shall Not Want

You and I can’t afford the upkeep

We can’t afford all our wants

I want the Lord to be my Shepherd

I want Him to lead me and fulfill all my needs and wants

If your wants are getting in the way of your peace

Cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you

Let Him lead you

Rest in His love and protection

Let’s let Jesus take care of the maintenance in our life

So we can go rest on the beach

Who knows may be the Lord will take you for a walk on the water

I Shall Not Want

The Corona virus has

taken so much from all of us.

There are things we use to have and now

we want simple things like toilet paper.

You and I are full of things we want.

We may not act like the little child in

the store, who from the shopping cart

is crying out for everything he sees.

But we still have wants.

We can have wants

but not be in want.

Psalms 23 in the

King James Version says…

 “I shall not want”

The NIV says…

 “I shall not be in want”

The word “want” means to fail, be abated,

bereaved, decrease, have lack, to want

David says because

the Lord is my Shepherd

I shall not want or be in want.

It is the Shepherd that

makes the difference.

It is the Shepherd that fulfills the

longing, the desire, the want in his life.

Sandy and I are looking

at life in our 70’s and 80’s.

We are trying to get prepared.

We have been trying to

figure out what we want.

I want to be with my family in Ohio,

 but when I think of the verse…

 “He leads me besides still waters”

I do not think of ice.

I enjoy watching Caribbean Life on TV.

It is about people looking for

a home on a Caribbean Island.

I have never been a person who

liked living close to my neighbors.

I never liked the idea of paying HOA fees.

I have always liked living where I don’t

 have to worry about my neighbors

complaining about the way I live…

 Or, not being allowed to have extra cars

in the drive or a boat in my back yard.

But watching the Caribbean Life TV show,

 I have opened my mind to the idea of a condo.

A new or newer home surrounded

by well-maintained landscape, a

pool I did not have to take care

of, and no maintenance.

Do I want to give up my control

 and freedom to live in a beautiful

environment where I have no want?

The older I get the more I seem

to entertain the idea of living a life

where I turn my wants over to an HOA.

Some people on the Caribbean Life

show choose houses that need fixing up.

As much as I enjoy building, remodeling

and doing things myself,

I want to enjoy life with less work.

I want to have time to go to the pool,

go fishing, go out with friends.

I can understand why it may be

difficult making the Lord our Shepherd…

To make Him our HOA.

Our Shepherd will require

certain things from us.

To make Him our HOA…

 It will cost us.

But look at your needs

for life they are taken care of.

He can manage your life because

He can supply all your needs

according to His riches in Glory.

If a hurricane comes…

 You can let God worry about how

to clean up and repair the property.

I don’t have the money to

live where and how I want.

Yet, I can make Jesus my

Shepherd and not be wanting.

I can find rest for my soul,

no matter what the climate.

You and I can’t afford the upkeep.

We can’t afford all our wants.

I want the Lord to be my Shepherd.

I want Him to lead me and

fulfill all my needs and wants.

If your wants are getting

in the way of your peace…

Cast all your cares on Him

because He cares for you.

Let Him lead you.

Rest in His love and protection.

Let’s let Jesus take care of

the maintenance in our life…

So we can go rest on the beach.

Who knows…

 Maybe the Lord will take

you for a walk on the water.

            

Scripture Reading

Psalms 23:1-5 NIV

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness

for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk

through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.