There Is No Lack

All through the night I kept hearing this verse over and over again:

"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want (not lack any good thing)." 

Psalms 23:1

Especially the last phrase stood out to me: NOT LACK ANY GOOD THING!

And then I saw the number 3468. I immediately realized that 68 is double of 34. I asked God what 34 means. He directed me to Psalms 34. (That has been one of my favorites ever since Dad passed away. It was the one that Mom was reading to him when God called him Home. It was the Psalm that was preached at the funeral service.) I opened my Bible and eagerly began to read. Suddenly I was struck with verse 9 and 10:

"Fear the Lord you his saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing."

Wow! There it was again! I wondered, to myself, just what God was trying to show me. No lack can mean many different things. It may be concerning money, health, relationships or work. As I continued asking I spent some time praising and worshiping Him and declaring no lack in my life. I wanted one more song before I had to get ready to leave. He gave me "King of Love" by I Am They. That whole song is about Psalm 23. The phrase that stood out to me was: 

I nothing lack if I am His, and He is mine forever...

I felt such an overwhelming sense of His presence and love that all I could do was sit there and cry. 

That night I went to a Christmas party with some single friends. Instead of exchanging gifts, we had decided to pool our money and send it to some people in need. I felt God telling me to give a certain amount (significantly more than I usually do). And so I did. 

When I arrived home I stopped at the mailbox to get my mail. There was a Christmas card from a friend and when I opened it up, out fell a check. A few minutes later my sister called. She said that she had received Christmas money in the mail and part of it was to be divided with me. I was blown away! In one night I had received 3x the amount I had given away!

So what if my rent goes up $100/month. He's already got it covered! But even that is another story for another day. 

In God's Kingdom...THERE IS NO LACK!