My shepherd, Frank Hall. The
Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Psalm 23, 1. The Lord
Jesus is everything to my needy soul. He is my majestic King,
the Imperial One, who graciously rules my heart and my life with
His sovereign scepter of righteousness. He is my Prophet, the One who
effectually teaches God's Word to my soul. He is my Great High
Priest, my Mediator, the One who intercedes with God on my
behalf. and he is Jehovah-Roe, the Lord
my Shepherd. My glorious Shepherd is he who
graciously forces my soul to lie down and rest in the green
pastures of God's goodness and love. He ever leads my soul beside
the still waters of satisfaction, peace and prosperity. When in
selfishness, carnality and sin, my flesh is smitten with desire
for the poisonous fodder of this decaying world, and I wander
from Him, He does not cast me off, Rather, He faithfully corrects
my sin and graciously restores my soul to Himself. He perpetually
leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. All this
and more, my merciful Shepherd does for me freely by His grace. My Shepherd surpasses in every
way and at all times all the would-be shepherds of this world.
Never slumbering, he protects me perfectly from all harm with
his omnipotent hand of sovereign power. He feeds, sustains, and
fills my hungering soul out of the abundance of his infinite
store. Though the way is rough and long,
the path winding and narrow, the days dark and dismal, the
valleys bleak and dreary, he gently leads me in infinite mercy
and unfailing wisdom, ever guiding me to that land above that abounds
with milk and honey. Brothers and sisters, our shepherd
will stop at nothing to bring every one of his beloved sheep
home to heaven. He says of himself, I am the
good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life
for the sheep. Oh, precious revelation of grace. Cheap of his fold, I urge you
to pause and consider the death of the Good Shepherd. Behold
with wonder the sacrifice of your Shepherd. He died that you
might live for ever. He esteems us more precious than
his own life. O blessed shepherd, thank you
for taking our sins to yourself and putting them away by your
own precious blood. Children of God, let us ever
sing with brother David, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall
not want. Christ's sheep lack nothing for
time and eternity, because he is their all-sufficient shepherd.
For from His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. The Lord our Shepherd will withhold
no good thing from the sheep of His pasture. In Him we have
all the fullness of God's free salvation, which can never be
lost. We shall not want, we receive
the fullness of His grace in time, because we possess that
very same fullness in Him from the foundation of the world.
We are the possessors of everlasting life, perfect righteousness,
eternal redemption, pardon from all our sin, impeccable holiness,
unending peace, and unalterable acceptance with God our Father. We lack nothing, because in Him
we have all things. His boundless provision for our
souls has no end. His provision is perfect, infinite,
and everlasting. God help us to depend on Him.
His fullness, His mercy, His grace, His power, His all-sufficiency
as the Lord our Shepherd. My God shall supply all your
needs according to His riches in glory by Jesus Christ. Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need.