Psalm 23 - He Has Your Back

I said to a friend of mine today as we sat down to eat, “I’ve got your back.” Do you know who really has your back? God does! The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23 NIV God is my Shepherd and He is always watching over me (lie down in green pastures). Nothing happens to me that He isn’t aware of. As a young man I was in places I shouldn’t have been at doing things I shouldn’t do (dark valleys) – still He watched over me. God is my shepherd and He always provides for me (He refreshes my soul). Not a day passes that He doesn’t provide what I need in the way of food, shelter and the necessities of life. God is my Shepherd and He directs my life (the right paths). His rod and staff keep me in line and on those paths. God has my back – well, He has all of my life. As Jesus said, “He holds us in the palm of His hand and no man can pluck us out of it”.