Mar 21, 2014, Psa. 23:1, The Principle Intro: 1.In his beautiful book, I Shall Not Want, Robert Ketchum tells of a Sunday school teacher who asked her group of children if any of them could quote the entire twenty-third psalm. A golden-haired, four-and- a-half-year-old girl was among those who raised their hands. A bit skeptical, the teacher asked if she could really quote the entire psalm. The little girl came to the rostrum, faced the class, made a perky little bow, and said: The Lord is my shepherd, thats all I want. 2. She then bowed again and sat down. She may have overlooked a few verses, but that little girl captured Davids heart in Psalm 23. 3. The Principle – of Satisfaction. Trans: Psa. 23:1 I shall not want – a primitive root; to lack; by implication to fail, want, lessen :- be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want. • We can look at this Literally those who have this Shepherd will not lack for anything they really need. Dt. 2:7; 8:6-9/ Psa. 34:10 He certainly can and does meet our needs. In Running on Empty, author and speaker Jill Briscoe writes: I had been traveling for two weeks straight, speaking at meetings. Somehow the tight schedule allowed only time for talking and not much for eating! Whenever it was mealtime, I found myself on one more airplane. On this particular day it was hot, it was summer, and I was tired and hungry. My flight had been delayed, and by the time I arrived at the next conference center, I discovered that my hosts had gone to bed. (In the morning I learned that because of the delayed flight, they presumed I would not be coming until the following day—hence, no welcoming committee.) I wandered around the large dining room, hoping to find something to eat, but all the doors into the kitchen had been locked. Lord, I prayed, I really dont care what I eat, but I need something—and while Im talking to you about this, Ive got a yearning for peaches! Oh, for a lovely, refreshing, juicy peach! Then I smiled. That was just the sort of prayer I counseled others against offering! I sighed, picked up my bags, and went to my assigned cabin. When I arrived at my room... a basket of peaches sat on the doorstep smiling up at me! I lifted them up and felt my loving Lords smile. (It could have been oranges and apples, you know!) Never before or since have I received a whole basket of delicious, fresh peaches.... The Lord provided a sweet touch that reminded me of his great love.” Johnny A Palmer Jr.
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