He leads me
The LORD – He IS – my shepherd.
The LORD – Yahweh – God of the Angel Armies – HE ….. IS….the Shepherd of me.
The One who tends me….owns me…cares for me….leads me…herds me….corrects me…shelters me….guides me….seeks me…recovers me…is over and above me.
I shall not want…I will not and cannot have any need that He is incapable of meeting.
I shall not…both a command and a promise… have want for anything.
He leads me – brings me – guides me – takes me by…the very edge of still and quiet waters.
He restores…mends…makes new and refreshed…revitalizes…my soul.
The inward life of me and who I am and how He wired me to be…THIS is brought back to a complete and whole state by Him – just as I was created to be.
He leads me…He guides me…He goes before me and I follow Him along the path, the ways, the walking , the journey of ….. righteousness.
And He does all this – all of this – for the purpose and glory and sake of His own great Name…His authority, His identity, His reputation.
Yes…even though I walk – and most assuredly I WILL walk…
through the valley of the shadow of death…
for I will walk through those dark places where death…spiritual death… physical death…the end of life…the end of hope
will cast looming shadows over the path…
even in those places, even in the final steps of my own living and breathing and in all the places where fear threatens to steal my very life and all that I love and hold so dear…Yes…
even in those places..
I will not, can not, shall not fear evil…
For He IS ..
with me…
and through His rod and through His staff…He will…comfort me.
I will sit at the table prepared by His hand….
I will sit with the oil of joy on my head and the feast of the fullness of Lord before me…in the midst of His blessings… far off…distanced…untouched by those who would attempt to harm us.
He will fill my cup to overflow..more blessing than I can even take in…a never ending supply of provision, protection and joy.
When I look ahead….
He is leading me….
When I look behind…
goodness….grace….mercy…follow me
All the days of my life I am hedged in by His love, His mercy, His grace, His goodness….in front and behind…
Forever. He is my Home. Forever.
Psalm 23 <3