Thankful, Day Ninety-Two

Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands!

Serve the LORD with gladness;

Come before His presence with singing.

Know that the LORD, He is God;

It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;

We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

And into His courts with praise.

Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

For the LORD is good;

His mercy is everlasting,

And His truth endures to all generations.

Psalm 100, NKJV

What does a shepherd to for his sheep? I think David answers the question best in that well-known and best loved of all his songs, the 23rd Psalm.

The Lord provides for my every need, so that I want for nothing.

The Lord makes me lie down and rest from my labors.

The Lord leads me where I shall know peace and tranquility.

The Lord restores everything that is spent, lost, broken, or stolen in my life.

The Lord leads me in His path and shows me His ways.

The Lord is with me, even in the hardest an darkest times of life.

The Lord comforts and defends me.

The Lord blesses me abundantly while my enemies are forced to watch.

The Lord soothes and heals with His gentle touch and His precious anointing.

The Lord fills my life to overflowing with every good thing.

The Lord sees to it that goodness and mercy will be mine as long as I live.

The Lord has prepared a place for me in His presence forever.

I'm so glad I belong to God, that I am "His people" and "the sheep of His pasture."

Thank you Lord for your goodness in ministering to my heart, my soul and my mind. You have touched me and transformed my innermost being, changing me to be more like you. You have forgiven, forgotten, redeemed, healed and delivered. You encourage and strengthen through the indwelling presence of Your Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for that!

Thank you Lord for your goodness in ministering to my body and its needs. You have provided daily bread. You have provided through your generous and limitless supply everything that I need for life and for living, and have seen to it that I have no lack. I may not be rich in houses or lands, but you have supplied all of my need according to your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Thank you Lord for that!

Thank you Lord for your goodness in ministering to my desires through your great and precious promises, through your faithfulness to fulfill, finish and complete everything that you have started in my life. I am thankful for what has happened thus far, I rejoice in what is happening now, and I look forward with great anticipation to what is going to happen in my life because of you. Thank you Lord for that!