Word of the day: Psalm 23 vs 1 – I Shall not Want

Caption: I shall not want

 Psalm 23:1 – NKJV – The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 23:1 – NLT – The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.

Psalm 23:1 – AMP – The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me], I shall not want.

Psalm 23:1 – GNB – The LORD is my shepherd; I have everything I need.

Psalm 23:1 – ESV – God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing.

The Yoruba version of Psalm 23:1 

Orin Dafidi 23:1 – OLUWA li Oluṣọ-agutan mi; emi kì yio ṣe alaini.

Key: The job of a shepherd is to oversee to the welfare of the sheep in his care while the responsibility of a sheep is to stay under the leadership of the shepherd. If a sheep strays from the fold such a sheep has exposed itself to the dangers (hunger, lack, attacks, etc) the shepherd was protecting it from. For God to continue to be who we want Him to be – our Shepherd, we also must stay under His cover, there lies our everything.

Prayer: In Jesus name, I constantly remain in God and I don’t lack a thing. 

By Teminijesu Ojediran