Frustrations come. But just because you feel that way doesn't mean you have to stay that way!
We have been talking about the things that can stop the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Today I feel lead to share something else with you. And later we will return to our teaching on the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives. I feel lead to share with you today out of Psalms 23.
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
People are lost today. They are at a loss with their relationships. At a loss with their finances. At a loss with their direction in life. Just simply lost. God compares us to sheep in the Bible. We need a Shepherd or we tend to get very lost. The thing about sheep and their shepherds is that the sheep must learn to follow the voice of the shepherd so that they don't wander off and got lost. Even is we accept Jesus as our Savior, we can get 'lost' in this life and confused, going the wrong direction because we did not obey the voice of God our Shepherd. You have a Shepherd, listen to His voice. Someone said to me, "I can never hear the voice of God." I put a Bible in their hand and said, "Read this, it is the voice of God."
The psalmist went on to say, "I shall not want." Well, there you have it. The secret to life, happiness, love and living all in a nut shell...I shall not want. People who are full of wants, always wanting this, that and the other thing are the most miserable people on the planet. The key to life, and happiness is to learn to be content with what you have in this life. Always wanting, and wanting and wanting more is called coveting. Most of our wants stem up out of what we see other people have in their lives. The Bible warns us not to covet. It is one of the ten commandments which means it is important that we listen.
FRUSTRATIONS often come up out of our wants in life. We were helping a guy who had gotten out of jail one time, we gave him a job, and we were riding down the road together. Everywhere he looked and everything he saw he wanted. If we passed a boat, he would start in, I wish I had a boat like that, and then he would explain for a few minutes what he would do if he had a boat like that one. Then we would see a nice car, and OH he wanted a car like that, and then he would expound on what he would do with a car like that one. Then he would see a house, and of course he always wanted a house like that. The next thing I know he is frustrated and upset. "What's wrong?" I asked. "Oh, everything!" He replied. He had talked about the things he wanted and didn't have until he talked himself into frustration and misery. He had a wife who had patiently waited for him to get out of jail. He had a house. He had a car. He had 3 beautiful children. None of that satisfied him, he craved MORE, he was miserable. He was full of covetousness, and he could not be satisfied. He had more than most to be thankful more, yet, here he was full of wants.
Here in the first verse of Psalms 23, the LORD is my SHEPHERD, (remember you must follow the voice of the shepherd and be obedient to HIS words) I shall NOT want! (remember you must learn to be content with what you have and not always be wanting all the time what you don't have) If we can put this one verse into practice we have found peace and contentment and security all in ONE small verse. Apply this verse to your heart and life today.
In closing, think about this for one moment. That little sheep out there in the field, what makes it wander off and get lost in the first place? It is all the things that little sheep thinks it wants that it don't have right there in front of it. IT goes off looking for a bigger clump of grass, a greener neck of the woods. A place of greater abundance than the field of the shepherd. Don't let you WANTS lead you, let the SHEPHERD lead you today!
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