1-3 God, my shepherd!
    I don’t need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
    you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
    you let me catch my breath
    and send me in the right direction.

4 Even when the way goes through
    Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
    when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
    makes me feel secure.

5 You serve me a six-course dinner
    right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
    my cup brims with blessing.

6 Your beauty and love chase after me
    every day of my life.
I’m back home in the house of God
    for the rest of my life. The Message

If Psalm 22 points to the Cross, Psalm 23 speaks of the crook. Jesus died, but is now risen, and has returned to Shepherd His church:

” Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:20,21 NIV

In my younger years I had a number of books written by Iain Barclay, who at the time was an Anglican Vicar. He was very well-known, and a frequent Bible teacher at conventions and festivals such as ‘Filey’ and ‘Spring Harvest.’ I heard him speak at both. I also had his book on Psalm 23: a devotional commentary entitled, ‘He is everything to me.’ I think that title beautifully encapsulates the central truth of this most famous psalm.

The apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 1:3:

” Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” NIVUK

Also in Colossians 2:9,10:

”For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness.” NIVUK

In Jesus we have everything we could ever need, for this life and the next.

How does this psalm speak to you today?