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Message Notes:
Main Idea:
Psalms 23 teaches us God is our shepherd and we are His sheep.
Our job is to stay close and not wander. His job is to protect us and guide us.
Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. NKJV
VERSE 1
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
VERSE 2
He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
VERSE 3
He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
VERSE 4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
VERSE 5-6
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
3 Key Words:
Prepare
Table
Enemies
The Hebrew word for prepare means to “arrange”, to “set in order”, to “furnish”, to “ordain”, to “lay” or to “set in a row”.
The Hebrew word table (shul-han) means “spread” and implies a meal; another translation says “feast“. The root word for table, interestingly, is shalach, which means to “shoot forth, grow long, reach forth, sow, spread, stretch forth”
The Hebrew word for enemies means “adversary, be in affliction, besiege, bind up, be in distress, enemy, oppress, pangs, to be in a straight (trouble)”.
God, you arrange, you set in order, ordain and furnish (with great attention to detail) a feast of all sorts of provision that is piled high and stretches out a long way, right in the middle of all my distress, my pangs of trouble and my afflictions.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. ESV
Psalm 23
READ TOGETHER
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. NKJV
Main Idea:
Psalms 23 teaches us God is our shepherd and we are His sheep.
Our job is to stay close and not wander. His job is to protect us and guide us.
TAKE AWAY:
So what is our responsibility as sheep to the shepherd?
John 10:27
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me…
Main Idea:
Psalms 23 teaches us God is our shepherd and we are His sheep.
Our job is to stay close and not wander. His job is to protect us and guide us.
CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:
What areas of the Lord being your shepherd does He want you to understand more?
What areas of your role as one of His sheep do you need to walk better in?
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