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Let’s read our theme verse for the series together.
Elohim - He is the Mighty Creator God.
El Roi - He is the God who sees me.
El Shaddai - He is the Almighty God.
El Elyon - He is God Most High.
Yahweh Jireh - God will see to it.
God will provide.
Yahweh Nissi - God is my banner
Yahweh Shalom - God is peace
Yahweh Tsuri - God is my rock.
This morning.
we are going to be exploring what may be the best loved Psalm in the Bible.
This Psalm has been used to comfort many people in times of difficulty.
This morning we are going to look at the 23rd Psalm.
Open your Bibles to .
You could probably do an entire message series on these six verses.
Everything in this Psalm flows from the relationship God has with his people.
This is a simple psalm structurally, but its meaning has deep riches.
Let’s read this Psalm together.
When you think about a shepherd, what do you picture?
“In Israel, as in other ancient societies, a shepherd’s work was considered the lowest of all works.
If a family needed a shepherd, it was always the youngest son, like David, who got this unpleasant assignment.
Shepherds need to live with the sheep twenty-four hours a day, and the task of caring for them is unending.
Day and night, summer and winter, in fair weather and foul, they labor to nourish, guide, and protect the sheep.
Who in his right mind would choose to be a shepherd?”
Yet, God chose to reveal himself to his people as their shepherd.
God is Yahweh Rohi.
God is my shepherd.
Yahweh Rohi - God is my shepherd.
This revelation of God is deeply profound.
The omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, sovereign God of the universe humbles himself to be your shepherd.
It is a deeply intimate and personal picture of our relationship with God.
He is my shepherd.
He is your shepherd.
This revelation of God is used about 10 times in the Old Testament.
The implication is that if God is my shepherd, then I am his sheep, which is not a very flattering characterization.
Sheep are utterly helpless animals.
They are quite stubborn and quite dumb.
They don’t know what is good for them and they need constant care.
If they roll on their backs, they are unable to roll back over.
If they aren’t rolled back over, they become distressed and they die.
Look at the Psalm again.
What is the first thing David writes about Yahweh being his shepherd?
God is my shepherd; therefore, I have what I need.
He makes sure that our every need is taken care of in a timely manner.
Everything we need is supplied.
Notice, it is everything we need, not everything we want or everything we think we need.
God gives us what we need.
I don’t know if you have realized this before, but for the rest of , David tells us what we need.
What do you need?
You need God’s peace in your life ().
In Israel, like here in Texas, things are only green seasonally.
When it gets hot and dry, everything turns brown and dies.
Green pastures are hard to find in the hot and dry seasons, but not for our Shepherd.
The green pastures and the quiet waters are symbolic of a peaceful place.
Here is the amazing reality.
God’s peace is not seasonal.
It is constant.
God’s sheep always have access to the green pastures and quiet waters of God’s peace.
“Phillip Keller is a pastor and author who for eight years was himself a shepherd.
Out of that experience he has written A Shepherd Looks at .
It throws light on this and other statements.
Sheep do not lie down easily, Keller says.
In fact, ‘It is almost impossible for them to be made to lie down unless four requirements are met.
Owing to their timidity they refuse to lie down unless they are free of all fear.
Because of the social behavior within a flock sheep will not lie down unless they are free from friction with others of their kind.
If tormented by flies or parasites, sheep will not lie down.
Only when free of these pests can they relax.
Lastly, sheep will not lie down as long as they feel in need of finding food.
They must be free from hunger.’
Fear.
Friction.
Flies.
Famine.
Sheep must be free from each of these to be contented.
And as Keller notes, only the shepherd can provide the trust, peace, deliverance, and pasture that is needed to free the sheep from them.”
This is what our Shepherd provides for us.
He provides us peace and contentment when we are with him.
What do you need?
You need God’s peace in your life.
You need God’s guidance in your life.
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The picture is of a sheep who has a problem.
Perhaps the sheep has wandered away.
Maybe the sheep is fearful of something or someone.
Maybe the sheep has friction with other sheep in the herd.
Maybe the sheep needs to feed and drink.
The point is that the sheep has problems and the shepherd renews or restores the sheep to the right place.
The shepherd leads the sheep down the right path.
It is the reputation of the shepherd that is on the line.
Notice, he doesn’t lead you down the right path for your sake.
He leads you down the right path for his name’s sake.
He leads you down the right path because of who he is.
He is the Good Shepherds.
He doesn’t just care for his people, his sheep.
He love us.
He leads them and guides them.
He walks before them.
He never drives his sheep.
He goes before them and because they trust the shepherd they follow behind him.
They know his voice and they follow him.
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