SCRIPTURE READING: PSALM 23: 1-6
FOCUS: “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” (Psalm 23: 2)
MEMORY VERSE: “For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” (Psalm 103: 14)
In our Focal Scripture, the psalmist speaks of how the Lord leads him like a shepherd leads the sheep beside still waters. Because of the weakness of sheep, shepherds in bible times often created a speed break on the waters, so that the speed of the waters would not carry away the sheep if they tried to drink from flowing waters. Some animals may have been strong enough to deal with flowing waters, but waters needed to be stilled for sheep.
Friend, God knows the flowing waters that you cannot drink from. He knows the difficult places you cannot fight in. He knows the terrains that you are not strong enough to survive in. He knows the contemporaries you cannot effectively compete with. He knows the battles you won’t win if you were left alone to fight all by yourself. God knows your limitations in frame. He knows the waters that may drown you.
Hear me as I hear the Lord: in this season, God will lead you beside still waters. God will lead you beside the waters that are too speedy. God will still the waters so that you can drink from it. God will cause the things that are difficult for others to be made easy for you. God will cause your portion to be stilled so that you can have it without being in danger. God will cause your waters to be stilled so that you can drink without drowning.
I pray for you: may you not be drowned by the same waters you came to drink from. May you not fall as a result of the same miracles you came to partake from. May you not depreciate because of the waters that God brought you to. May it not be said that you came to drink from the waters and ended up being swallowed therein. May it not be said that your waters were too violent and carried you away because you came to have your portion.
Welcome to that season where the Lord will still your waters. Welcome to that season where the Lord will cause you to drink without being drowned.
FURTHER READING: PSALM 103
DECLARATION:
- The Lord is calming my waters; I will have my portion with ease, in Jesus’ name!
