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Text: Psalm 23
The psalm describes who the Lord is to David. It is the perspective of the sheep. Many of God’s men were shepherds. If you can imagine a sheep talking, this is what God’s sheep would say. The sheep don’t determine where they graze, that’s the shepherd’s job. The sheep don’t choose where they will sleep, that’s the shepherd’s job. The sheep don’t when to move on and when or how long to stay, that’s the shepherd’s job.
The Lord is all I want
- …I shall not want.
- That could mean that the Lord provides everything for me. But it is talking about trust in the shepherd. The sheep has all he wants in the Lord.
- Give me, give me, I want, I want, I want, is the voice of someone who doesn’t have the Lord as their shepherd.
Rest and food are in the same place
- He maketh me… because sometimes the sheep don’t want to.
- Sheep don’t determine where they graze, the shepherd does.
Shepherd leadership to water
Restoration
Leads in righteousness
Fear is not my business
- If I’m afraid either I don’t trust His leadership or I’m not following Him.
- Find comfort in the correction and admonition of God.
- Death is not what it used to be with the Lord as my shepherd.
