during icamp and good friday a few years back, pastor victor and another chinese pastor gave me the same verse from the Lord, psalm 23. particularly psalm 23:1 "the Lord is my shepard, i shall not be in want". i never understood what it meant and why it applied to me. and i just googled it and got this off the net:

What exactly does that mean, "I shall not want"? The meaning here is not that we won't desire or want anything, the meaning is that we won't be left wanting. We are being told that the Lord's sheep are not lacking anything.

But how is this true? We don't even have to leave Psalm 23 to see that the Lord's sheep do indeed lack things. When we are told about walking through the dark valley it is safe to assume that the valley lacks light, and I presume it lacks the green pasture and the quiet waters.

In what sense then, can it be said that the Christian shall not lack anything? I like John Piper's answer to this question, "what David means is that God's sheep never lack anything that the Shepherd thinks is good for them."

What this means is that God is all we need. What this means is that Jesus is enough. Whether we are in the green pasture or the dark valley, the Shepherd remains at our side and that is what we need. If we have Jesus, we lack no good thing.

Lord i won't worry about tomorrow, i'm giving you my fears and sorrows, where you lead me i will follow.. trusting in what you say.. today is the day :)