Psalms 22-24 are knows as ‘the Shepherd Psalms.’ They present our Lord Jesus in turn as the Good Shepherd (22) who gave Himself for His sheep; the Great Shepherd (23) who tenderly cares for His sheep; and the Chief Shepherd (24) who is one day coming for His sheep. Is He your Shepherd?
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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This is our second look at Psalm 22, the ‘Psalm of the Cross.’ Today we wish to focus our attention on the phrases in the psalm that point directly to Jesus upon the Cross. Mind, this was written by David some one thousand years before His Greater Son would be born
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We come now to the conclusion of our four-part look at Psalm 22, ‘the psalm of the cross.’ In the last section (22-31) we hear words of the Savior that belong after the cross. They are words of victory for what was established at Calvary. The first four verses are a public thanksgiving (22-25). They
7.08.20 Psalm 22-24, the Shepherd Psalms “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1) No doubt these are familiar words. They were penned by David, and then spoken one thousand years later by the Lord Jesus on the cross. As we continue our consideration of familiar psalms, we begin today
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