My Shepherd
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Title: My Shepherd ------------------- Date: 11/25/2001
Keywords:
“contentment”
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Passage: Psalm 23:1*
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Questions
1. What kind of relationship exists between a shepherd and his sheep?
2. What would it take for you not to be in “want”?
Practical help
These words were written by David the King. David knew what being a shepherd was all about and he knew sheep. The experience of caring for his father’s sheep early in life served to teach him many things about his relationship with God. He came to understand that the Lord was like a shepherd to him and that he could rest in quiet contentment in His care. He didn’t need anything else.
Does the concept of contentment describe your situation today? How much of your current struggle with Web porn comes from a lack of contentment? The more time you spend viewing pornography, the more the fleshly desire to lust for what you do not have — for what is not yours is reinforced. When you log on to smut, what is it that you really want? More exciting sex? The attention of some cyber lover? Satisfaction? Pleasure? A sense of contentment? You have been through the routine enough to know that contentment is the last thing that porn use delivers.
Take a break from porn. What you really need is a shepherd. If you are a Christian, consider the rest and contentment that comes from being close to your Shepherd — Jesus. Wondering sheep are nothing new to Him. If you draw close to Him, He’ll take you back in.
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