Ways to Stay Close to Your Source of Provision

This episode is about Staying Close to Your Source of Provision in the midst of chaos. The scripture for this episode is Psalm 23:1 "The Lord is My Shepherd; I have all that I need." NLT Staying close to our source of provision (God) can be challenging but it's necessary. God has what we need at all times. Transcript and Episode Notes (Episode Points are in bold) : Denea (00:01)Hello, hello, it's Denea, your host of the Faith Filled Mom podcast. Today's episode is all about how to stay close to your source of provision in the midst of chaos, in the midst of living in a broken world, in the midst of fill in the blank. I want to go ahead and pray first. Father, thank you for your word. Thank you that you are Thank you that you were always close to us. And we thank you God that you were God. Your ways are higher. You know a lot more than we do. You are high and holy and lifted up in your rightful place. And yet Father, you love to be our source of provision. We thank you Father. We just ask for your wisdom and your guidance. In Jesus name, amen. So today we're coming from Psalm 23, verse one, the Lord is my shepherd. I have all that I need. This scripture, this group of scriptures, I've said it before, it is absolutely my favorite. One of my favorites in the Bible. It is just so comforting to know that God is always with us. This scripture, this verse in particular, to, kind of get context behind it because we've been talking a lot about that right like getting context behind scripture it is important so let's go ahead and kind of set the scene so the person who wrote this scripture is David David was a shepherd before he was king before he was anointed appointed to be king he was a shepherd and so if anybody would be saying The Lord is my shepherd. Like if anybody would know the time and commitment and care and provision that a good shepherd can provide, it would be a shepherd themselves, right? It would be a shepherd. Like David, it says that David, you know, knows, he knew what it was like to fight off predators who were seeking his sheep, right? He is somebody who has been, he is, He knows about that life. Like David was a shepherd. So for him to be calling someone else a shepherd, that to me, it makes me look at this verse in a different way. David knew that he was the source of his sheep's provision. And so that made me think like, what am I doing to stay close to my source of provision? So that's kind of what we're going to talk about today because that's, that's what it is, right? Sheep have to stay close to their shepherd. Now we do know, you know, Jesus said that he would go after the one, right? He leaves the 99. but it's also important for us to know that we got to stay close to our source. So how do we do that? Here are a few practical ways for you to implement that today, this week, number one, pray and go to God and be honest with God about how you were feeling. The beautiful thing about God is that he doesn't have an ego. You know, like we can tell God, like, hey, I'm really disappointed, God, that you worked this out in a way. that I didn't plan for, that a way that I didn't want. And to be honest with you, I'm feeling a little disappointed right now. I need you to help me navigate this. Like we can go to God and tell him how we are honestly feeling because the truth is he already knows. But I think he wants us to be honest with him because whenever we're honest with someone, I feel like it just opens up. I don't know, possibility of intimacy that wasn't there before. Like have you ever had a friendship mama where you and your friend are just kind of talking and maybe you or your friend admits something that you've been struggling with and you just kind of talk about it for a while and you feel closer after that conversation. There's something about just being vulnerable and honest with a friend. that just takes your relationship, that can take your relationship to the next level. And I think that's