Jehovah Rohi
The Lord is my Shepherd…Psalm 23:1, ESV
In this Bible Study, I attend we have been reading the book The Power of God’s Names by Tony Evans. The Study has been phenomenal! A few weeks ago we covered the name Jehovah Rohi, which means God is our Shepherd.
In Ezekiel 34, God tells us that he is our shepherd and he takes care of his sheep. The shepherd feeds the flock, strengthens the weak, heals the sick, binds up the broken-hearted, brings back the strays and seeks the lost. When anyone accepts Jesus Christ as their personal savior he becomes their shepherd. He takes over taking care of all their needs.
As believers it may seem like God is not taking very good care of us. When we fall into sickness, disease, trouble and problems we wonder, “Where is our shepherd?” But God is not far away. The Bible does not say that the shepherd will stop us from getting sick, or even prevent us from having problems, but he will be there to take care of us.
Actually, scripture tells us that this world is full of sin and we will have problems John 16:33. It even tells us that because we are of Christ, the world hated him so they will hate us John 15:18-19. We are not to be surprised by the challenges that come in our lives, but with every problem we are to bring them to our shepherd.
In Psalm 23, David makes a declaration that God is his shepherd and he shall not want. It does not mean that he had no problems or that he was not in need of God’s help, it means he knew that everything came from God and therefore because God was his shepherd. There was no need for want because his God had it all!
It is the same for each of us. We can make the same declaration as David, that God is our shepherd and he has promised to take care of every one of our needs! Therefore we shall not be in want! Amen.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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