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Saturday 16th August 2025

'The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.' Psalm 23:1 NIV

Charles Spurgeon's contemporary, Dr Joseph Parker, pastored the City Temple Church in London. One day he read this verse: 'The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.' After a pause, he closed his Bible, looked at the congregation, and said, 'Friends, that is enough!' Scripturally and practically speaking, he is right! When God is your shepherd, you 'lack nothing'. Even in the grimmest circumstances, you need 'fear no evil' because he is always with you (Psalm 23:4 NIV).

You get to enjoy two things every human being craves - sufficiency and security - because with God, there is no lack of ability or resources to take care of you in any situation (see Philippians 4:19). It's the reason Paul said that although he had nothing, he possessed everything (see 2 Corinthians 6:10). From God's perspective you need nothing but God himself. The Bible says, 'Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us everything else' (Romans 8:32 NLT)? And since he has already given you his greatest treasure, will he withhold from you any lesser resource?

But there are some things you need to remember regarding God's timing. (1) Because of his superior wisdom, he calls the shots, and when the time is right, the answer will come. (2) There are commandments he gives you, and until you obey them, the answer won't come. (3) Faith is crucial in receiving the answer. Jesus himself said, 'I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours' (Mark 11:24 NLT).

YOU HAVE ENOUGH

'The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.' Psalm 23:1 NIV

Charles Spurgeon's contemporary, Dr Joseph Parker, pastored the City Temple Church in London. One day he read this verse: 'The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.' After a pause, he closed his Bible, looked at the congregation, and said, 'Friends, that is enough!' Scripturally and practically speaking, he is right! When God is your shepherd, you 'lack nothing'. Even in the grimmest circumstances, you need 'fear no evil' because he is always with you (Psalm 23:4 NIV).

You get to enjoy two things every human being craves - sufficiency and security - because with God, there is no lack of ability or resources to take care of you in any situation (see Philippians 4:19). It's the reason Paul said that although he had nothing, he possessed everything (see 2 Corinthians 6:10). From God's perspective you need nothing but God himself. The Bible says, 'Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us everything else' (Romans 8:32 NLT)? And since he has already given you his greatest treasure, will he withhold from you any lesser resource?