Be Still and Know

Bible Verse:
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. Ps 23:1

My thought for today is the pull of the wants and desires that drive us by the way we live of lives will either take us closer to God or further away. I look forward to the next few messages that will call me to write. Psalm 23 is a favorite of many of us because it has provided us comfort during difficult times or calms our heart and mind whenever it is read. I have read this psalm thousands of times and I know that something new and excited will be revealed as we turn our hearts toward God.

Today’s message is not exception. “I shall not want” is a powerful statement that does not seem possible. There is always something that I want. I am driven. I find it hard to just be still and experience the moment because I tend to want to do something to fill the moment not wanting to waste it because time has always been precious. I am not sure why this is so, but tasks need to be done and I have to do them.

When I have set aside the busyness of life, the world does not stop, life does not end and my wants and desires are yet somehow still satisfied, because I usually set them aside to do God’s work.

I have so much to do and if only I cut out this 45 minutes to an hour each day and not studied God’s Word and not written these messages I could drive closer to the goal of achieving what? My drive will never be satisfied until I meet my Savior face to face. I am so glad that my Shepherd causes me to pause making Him my most important want!

More work, higher pay, job satisfaction or that next promotion will never satisfy in the same way and with the same completeness that time with Jesus can do. Jesus is my Shepherd and for the moment I have no wants but Him. He alone can satisfy me completely. In Him the cares and frustrations of life are but a dim memory rather than at times a nightmare of never ending activities.

We can trust God to provide our wants when our wants are more of Him. A good shepherd wants His flock to find green pastures to relax in, to sustenance to be satisfied with, to find safety and comfort with Him as He dispels all fears. Our Shepherd can do that and more if we would spend time with Him.

I am so grateful that I have not run off to work where I will not find the satisfaction that I have in Christ every morning. This is where I am meant to be, sitting with my Shepherd learning from His Word.

Ho do your wants get satisfied? Are you being called to spend more time with Christ the Good Shepherd, if so be still and know that this is where true satisfaction can be found? Take a moment and be fed by your Good Shepherd. He wants to satisfy you so let Him.

Bob