Pause and Consider

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. (Psalm 23:4a) We have a longer text to look at today; the first part of v. 4. The sheep have been on the home range, where their kind shepherd has provided all the

He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake (Psalm 23:3b) The first verse of Psalm 23 is the key verse, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  As David looked back over his life, he realized how the Lord had patiently and adequately led him.  The rest of the

He restores my soul. (Psalm 23:3a) Sometimes a sheep is on the ground and it cannot get up by itself—it is ‘cast.’  This is an old English word for a sheep lying on its back and unable to get up.  If it remains there long enough, it will die.  It is helpless and vulnerable to

He leads me beside the still waters (Psalm 23:2b) Sheep need water.  Water is essential to all mammals. We are told that humans are composed of about 70% water.  Without water in our cells, we would soon die. The sheep, when it is thirsty, will be on the move, in an attempt to quench its

He makes me to lie down in green pastures. (Psalm 23:2a) We have looked at the first verse of this most blessed psalm, and we now continue to consider the second verse—He makes me to lie down in green pastures.  It is the Lord Jesus as the Good Shepherd who cares for His sheep.  He

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. (Psalm 23:1, 2a) David is looking back on his life, realizing how God has been his faithful Shepherd.  Recall that ‘the LORD, or Jehovah, is the special personal name of God that speaks of His promises.  He has

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1) This is our second look at this wonderful psalm.  Recall that this was written at the end of David’s life as he looked back over all that God had done for him.  Last time we considered the first part of verse 1: The Lord

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1) Psalm 23 is perhaps the most famous and beloved of all of the psalms.  Many a person has had their life of faith filtered through it.  Most of us memorized this portion of God’s Word as a child and it has carried us through

 This is our third consideration of Psalm 22, ‘the Psalm of the Cross.’ We first looked at how the Father forsook the Son, and wicked men crucified Him. We then took a close look at the phrases in the psalm which were literally fulfilled at Calvary, one thousand years later. Today we will focus on

This is a most precious and poignant psalm. It is the psalm of the cross. It displays Jesus’ death and resurrection, written by David one thousand years before the fact.  As Christ died in agony, His mind fell back upon the old familiar words of this psalm, in which David must have “seen His day