It hits you in the car, in the quiet moment after you’ve dropped off your loved one. It hits you in the middle of the night, right before you open that final notice. It hits you in the doctor’s office waiting room.
The wave.
It’s not just stress. It’s a spiritual onslaught. A heavy, cold dread that threatens to drown your peace and freeze your faith. It whispers lies about lack, amplifies every fear, and paints a future bleaker than your present.
I know that wave. And recently, in the eye of my own personal storm, a lifeline was thrown to me from a place of deep memory and ancestral wisdom. It wasn't a complex ritual or a rare herb. It was a simple, divine instruction that came as clear as a bell:
“Recite the 23rd Psalm. Recite it every single time the worry starts to rise.”
This, family, is not about mere positive affirmation. This is spiritual warfare. This is conjuring a state of grace when the world is conjuring chaos. This is the work.
Here’s what happens when you make this Psalm your weapon and your shield.
You Change the Spiritual Diet in Your Atmosphere.
Worry is a low-level, haunting spirit. It feeds off the energy of your fear. Every time you spiral into "what ifs" and panic, you are setting a plate for it. You are feeding it, and it grows stronger in your home. When you stop, in that critical moment, and deliberately speak the Psalm, you are changing the menu. You are taking away the plate of fear and replacing it with a feast of sanctified Word. That spirit of worry can’t eat this food. It will get weak, confused, and eventually, it will have to leave your house because it’s starving in an atmosphere of declared peace.
You Anoint Your Own Head.
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
When you speak these words,you are taking the olive oil of faith and anointing your own forehead. You are marking yourself as one who is provided for. You may not see the money, the healing, or the solution yet, but you are calling its spirit into the room. You are shifting your identity from the panicked sheep to the one who is confidently under the care of the Good Shepherd. You are setting a spiritual law into motion: the law of divine provision. You are declaring, "In this life, in this spirit, we operate under this law. Worry has no jurisdiction here."
You Command Your Soul to Rest.
“He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul.”
Your soul—yournerve—is tired. It’s worn thin from the fight. Reciting this is you commanding your own spirit to lie down. You are, by the power of your own voice and faith, leading yourself to a place of rest in the middle of the chaos. This is the ultimate act of spiritual self-care. A restored soul can hear God’s whispers. A restored soul can see the open door that a panicked mind would run right past.
You Set a Table of Victory in Plain Sight.
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. ”Let’s be clear: your enemies are Lack, Sickness, Fear, and Dread. This practice is you setting the table for your own victory feast. You may still be surrounded by these problems, but you have changed the dynamic. You are no longer their victim. You are the honored guest, sitting down to a feast of peace and promise that God has prepared for you, right in their face. Your calmness becomes the tablecloth. Your faith becomes the feast. And your enemies can do nothing but watch you dine on the blessings they tried to block.
So, the next time the wave comes, don’t just try to tread water.
Open your mouth. Speak the Word. Work the Root.
Plant the 23rd Psalm in the soil of your situation and water it with your conviction. Anything planted and watered like that has to grow. Your brakes will get fixed. Your needs will be met. Your peace will be restored. Not by magic, but by the powerful, active faith that is the birthright of our tradition.
Walk in that truth. Your table is being set.
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