The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.Psalm 23:1-3
The One Step Daily Devotional is intended to provide just one step each day for your journey with God. Every journey requires water breaks. Here is a water break for you.
Many paintings have attempted to capture the sentiment of Psalm 23. Images of calm waters and long grass and cool breezes. Places that these paintings picture evoke the desire to be restored as the psalmist promises that God will. Is this true for you and me?
In ancient Israel, the temptation was to speak about “our” God, forgetting that God also cares about the individual.* Perhaps because of the times that we have felt invisible, or prayers weren’t answered the way we thought they should be, we can believe that God doesn’t care about us. We can believe that He cares about the Church, but we can believe that we are overlooked.
Psalm 23 reminds us that He is “my God.” He is your God. He sees you. He sees that you need restoration. He sees that you need to be lead in order to make it to and through the paths of righteousness. He knows that you are tired and need some calm waters and some green pastures.
He knows. He sees. You.
Today, take a step.
Maybe today the one step God wants you to take is to spend some time alone with God. Maybe He wants you to remember that He sees you. Maybe He wants you to walk with Him beside the waters and in the grass. Perhaps today He wants you to breathe.
Whatever the step, ask God to direct it. Take a moment to take that step. Invite Him to speak. He will.
Life is a long road. Walk it with Jesus. Take a water break… we all get thirsty.
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VanGemeren, W. A. (2008). Psalms. In T. Longman III & D. E. Garland (Eds.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Psalms (Revised Edition) (Vol. 5, p. 253). Zondervan.