The Sheep Shall Not Want



"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." -PSALM 23:1 [KJV]


"I shall not want" is the inference drawn from "The LORD is my shepherd." "Want" means the same as "lacked" in Deuteronomy 2:7. "These forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing." The sheep shall lack for nothing because Christ is our Shepherd. He is certainly able to supply our needs for He is the Son of God and He is willing to do so as is evident in that He has laid down His life for the sheep to save us from our sins.

Notice it is not "I do not want," but "I shall not want." The children of God shall never want for righteousness, for He is "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" [JEREMIAH 23:6] nor shall we ever want for forgiveness for "the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin" [I JOHN 1:7]. "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing" [PSALM 34:10]. We shall not want for spiritual food for His Word is our pasture and His promises the still waters that speak peace to our souls [vs. 2]. We shall not lack for salvation for "He restoreth my soul;" He is our salvation.

We shall not lack for knowledge in the paths of truth and righteousness; He leads us to an understanding of the gospel [vs. 3]. We need not fear the shadows of death "for Thou art with me" [vs. 4]. Even when surrounded by enemies, His Spirit is with us to teach us and show us that "our cup runneth over" with all blessings in Christ [vs. 5]. We shall not lack for preservation for "goodness and mercy shall follow" us throughout our lifetime, and we will "dwell in the house of the LORD for ever" [vs. 6]. The Lord is our Shepherd "from everlasting to everlasting." Let the sheep of His pasture be assured we shall never want for anything God demands nor anything He deems necessary for us to have during our journey to the land of promise.


-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd

Thirteenth Street Baptist church of Ashland, Kentucky USA

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