When is the Lord Your Shepherd?

Following up on yesterday's thought, my question today is, WHEN is the Lord MY Shepherd?

I find it so easy to say, "Oh yes Lord, YOU are MY Shepherd.", but as I begin reading

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
by W. Phillip Keller 

I must begin to honestly question myself.

When is the Lord MY Shepherd?  If I am truly a sheep, and He is my Shepherd, do I truly love to be in His Presence, as the sheep love to be in the Shepherd's Presence, or do I linger at just the outside periphery of the flock?  Do I linger just close enough to feel the Shepherd's Presence, and to stay within the Shepherd's protection, or do I press in close to MY Shepherd?  Close enough to be within the reach of MY Shepherd's arms?

I read this book several years ago as I prepared a series of lessons for Kid's Prayer Class, but now I find myself studying these same pages with a different mind set.

My prayer today is, "Lord, let me be so close to you, that I can lead others into the Presence of the Shepherd.  Don't let me get so busy with my daily life, that when I look up, I find myself on the outer edges of the flock, and then I must work to get myself back into your arms."

MY DAILY MORNING DEVOTION: My Utmost for His Highest

Is the Lord your Shepherd?

Is the Lord your Shepherd?. . .your manager?. . .your owner? 

Is He really?

Can our minds even begin to comprehend that the God, 

who created  **ALL things,

 really wants to be in charge of us?

HE really does. . .

He want to be in charge of

every tiny aspect of our lives,

and when we comprehend

WHO HE IS. . .

we,

like David,

will say. . .

The Lord. . .HE is MY Shepherd!

My prayer today is that I will become a cherished object of the Most High God, 

and that HE will truly become MY Shepherd, My Manager, MY Owner. 

* A Shepherd looks at Psalm 23 - by Phillip Keller

** Colossians 1:16 - For by him were all things created, that are in the heaven, and that are in the earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:  all things were created by him, and for him.  KJV