So I have an enemy in the, My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year. Mercies remembered and anticipated.--Ps. When the Lord is your Shepherd, you are able to say, He leads, me, He restores me, He guards me and He sustains me. Colin S. Smith. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, Bnt God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. "But in the house of the Lord," says David, "I will dwell forever." ^d 1 Verily, verily, I say to you [unto the parties whom he was addressing in the last section], He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. For posting on the web, a link to this document on our website (OpentheBible.org) is preferred. Try, Mapping 'fault Lines' In America - Micah 3, 5 Ways To Grow Your Church's Congregation, My Sermon With A Little Bit Of Bible Thrown In. Psalm 23:1-6 The Lord Is My Shepherd. All the topics of the former Discourses are now resumed and applied. It seems, as if Jesus could not part from the City in holy anger, but ever, and only, with tears. they smothered him with flowers and killed him with fame and it came to this! Having trouble logging into your account? Psalm 30:11,12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; "Shall follow me." Click here to return to the Sermons page.. Psalm 23:1-3. Amid holy enterprises, spiritual conflicts, arduous duties, severe afflictions, trying bereavements, God has sustained His saints. There is no restoring there, no troubling there; no dark misty shade of death to chill the sunlight of the road. Firm faith. So, thank Him for it. You will see Christ in His glory. One of the jobs of a shepherd is to lead his sheep. Enlarge it towards the west, where the sun of our life is gently dipping towards the grave, in a life of preparedness. 3. There is quite enough here for the satisfaction of the animal; and the mere animal lives here in contentment, and takes its fill of happiness for its little inch of time. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD by Rev Stanley Baker Psalms 23 The 23rd Psalm begins with these familiar words, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." When someone says, "I shall not want," we need to sit up & take notice because of the times that we .read more. If God was chasing after you with judgment and condemnation, of course you would run. It is when "the hoary head is a crown of glory, being found in the way of righteousness" when there are no marks upon the countenance of extinct volcanoes, dark shadows from wrought-out passions, impressions of darkness and crime, but when the life has been spent for God. Cf. They may apply to other things, national or ecclesiastical, but here is their chief intent. This should be our aim, to attain to the realisation of the life hid with Christ in God; and to this God is separating us off, that our sojourn with Him may be eternal. THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP. 4. I have turned my face toward the Lord, but my yesterdays pursue me like a relentless hound! IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, OR BY WHAT PERSONS, THIS STATEMENT MAY BE PROPERLY MADE. What if you choose to be the captain of your own ship, the master of your own soul? Learn to be grateful. There will be the going in and out, and finding pasture - all through; but the end is not here, but above. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows, (Psalm 23:5). Friends, we are talking about exponentially increasing joy! Intro: The Lord could have compared His people to anything in the world.He could have said, "My people are like bears, they are strong!" He could have said, "My people are like lions, they are courage, fearless and brave!" He could have said, "My people are like foxes because they are so shrewd and wise." He could have even said, "My people are like . When John was given a glimpse of what it will be like when all of Gods redeemed people are gathered in His presence, he says, they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. Then, he tells us that, For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water (Rev 7:17). 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. In all probability its prosperity was chiefly due to the neighbouring Tiberias, which Herod Antipas [2583] had built, about ten years previously. II. They talked for awhile, and then Allen took a pad of . Psalm 23:6b. Words continue to come to David as he thinks about what it means for the Lord to be His Shepherd The Lord leads me. 3. The Collection and Divisions: In all probability the book of one hundred and fifty psalms, as it now stands, was compiled by Ezra about 450 B.C. You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup is running over. Amid the manifold anxieties and cares of my heart,[925] by the multitude of which my soul is sore vexed,[926] the brothers coming from a far country[927] that they may serve the Lord,[928] thy letter, and thy staff, they comfort H. Let this prospect reconcile us in the midst of all affliction, if we be Christians, and let us prepare for that dwelling in the house of the Lord forever. The deliverance has made the singer look forward to the end, and his confidence in the issue is confirmed. There is an ancient Celtic hymn attributed to St Patrick in the 5th century. He understood the special relationship and care a shepherd has with the sheep. 11 I am the good shepherd. The extent of the Psalmist's assurance. "I thank God," says the one, "that ever I was born," because he can take the 23rd Psalm, and in the 23rd Psalm he can read the history of his inward life. When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wandering steps he leads, Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go . Please include this statement on every copy distributed: By Colin S. Smith. There is also the idea of settled purpose. Plenty for Today (23:5) David writes, You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. His kingdom will come. Its certainty is founded upon the Divine existence; its communication upon Divine veracity; its possession is the fruit of immutable, unwavering, undying love. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, Bnt God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. 1141. If you are coming for the first-time we are now studying the Book of Psalms under the theme "PONDERINGS ON THE PSALMS: FINDING MEANING & PURPOSE IN THE PANDEMIC!" A Table Among Enemies: W. C. E. Newbolt, M. A. Psalm 23:5: A Table Prepared: W. Forsyth : Psalm 23:5: Bounty Should Lead to Charity: O. Sedgwick, B. D. . Wealth, in those John NewtonMessiah Vol. He reigns. Noteworthy is it also, how many of the most attractive characters and incidents in the Gospel-history are connected with that Capernaum, which, as a city, rejected its own real glory, WHEN Moses in the desert beheld the burning bush God answered his question by the revelation of His name as the "I Am." Enter your email address and we will send you a link to reset your password. II. And it reminds us of the "certain king who made a marriage supper for his son." I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. They stay in your memory and you can continue to derive happiness from them. Frank Nelson PalmerA Bird's-Eye View of the Bible, God's ProvidenceIn facts from Christian and philosophical standpoints it has been demonstrated that the infallible Supreme Ruler of all human spirits has made His final provision for the safety of each and every individual soul for its temporal and eternal welfare. And when he looks beyond the days of his life in this world he sees what comes after: The joy of eternity in the immediate presence of the Lord. This psalm is often used at funerals. The continuance of it. 8. Carey: Henry Carey, 1723 Psalm 23 Joseph Addison, 1712 DOXOLOGY The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard . His life was plagued with trouble. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever" (Psalm 23:6). As fires consume the forest, as the flame sets the mountain ablaze (Psalm 83:14). An angel is the object of one; man of both. Read the Scripture: Psalm 23:5-6. -- Psalm 23:4. 12-16 Christian exultation--Christian confidence--"Not in the flesh"--"In Jesus Christ"--The prize in view--No finality in the progress--"Not already perfect"--The recompense of reward--What the prize will be In a certain sense we have completed our study of the first section of the third chapter of the Epistle. The guiding God: or the picture of the leading. Thus, when our Lord says, Behold, I come as a thief (Revelation 16:15) , --common sense will fix the resemblance to a single point, that He will come suddenly, and unexpectedly. But the Lord picks me up. That is good news, because if God chased after us in justice we would all be in trouble. I t is not easy for those, whose habits of life are insensibly formed by the customs of modern times, to conceive any adequate idea of the pastoral life, as obtained in the eastern countries, before that simplicity of manners, which characterized the early ages, was corrupted, by the artificial and false refinements of luxury. Yet Jehovah has chosen to be our shepherd, David says. 1. 4The Valley of the Shadow of Death.--Psalm xxiii. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Psalm 23 is the best-known psalm in the book of Psalms. In giving this emphatic testimony to the nobleness of mercy David does but voice the dearest assurances of the human heart concerning the omnipotence of love. David's word for God's tender affection is a term used in the ancient world to mean love that flows out of deep emotion rather than duty. 1. Now, in context, the sheep here is apparently returning to the shepherd's house. Heaven will not be a world in which you meet Jesus and then go off to pursue your own thing. II. "Shall follow me." Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. Love, Courage, Restoration, Guidance, Provision, Refreshment, Rest, Relationship, Housing, 52-week preaching calendar to help you plan your sermons, Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching, Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year, Help your church understand God's plan in pain, Call your people to experience a higher freedom, Proclaim the gospel to the ends of the earth. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. THE MANNER OF ITS CONVEYANCE. 1-21. It is an abiding place, a mansion. But man is not a mere intellectual being; he is a moral being, a spiritual being, and therefore he cannot dwell here. The Purposes: 1. Mercy. "Thou art with me.". The Lamb will be your Shepherd! But even when I walk through the darkest valley, my Shepherd will be with me. 2 Samuel 13-19, John 10, John 7:37, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 26:72, Psalm 23, Psalm 23:1-6, Psalm 42:11, Psalms 23:1-6, Sermon Topics: When I cared for the sheep, they lacked nothing, and the Lord is a better shepherd than I was so the same will be true for me. It was this Lord whom David called my shepherd. James Montgomery Boice writes: In Israel, as in other ancient societies, a shepherds work was considered the lowest of all works. If you have the pledge that "goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life," should not those days be spent for the glory of Him whose you are, and whom you serve? Sermon Title: "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD!" Sermon Text: Psalm 23 Introduction: GOOD MORNING TO ALL! Mercies Remembered and Anticipated. These capacities and affections of mine, the stirring of a spiritual life within me, were never made to find their perfection here. I. It leads me beside troubled waters. It ruins my soul. "For ever with the Lord!Amen, so let it be;Life from the dead is in that word,'Tis immortality." Heaven will come to earth and God will dwell with His people in a world of love where He will make everything new. This statement actually shook the readers of biblical times because the temptation in ancient Israel was to speak only about "our" God, ( Deuteronomy 6:4) forgetting that the God of Israel is also the God of individuals. --Ps. 4. The "green pastures" may give place to the dark valley. We conclude our Sermon Series on PSALMS this week. This confidence rests in the promise of God, the finished work of the Redeemer and the sealing of the Holy Ghost. It is remarkable how much, connected not only with the Ministry of Jesus, but with His innermost Life, gathers around that little fishing town. But the treatment has been so extremely imperfect, in view of the importance of that section, that a few further remarks must be made. What will that be like? In verse 5, the metaphor has changed. Ill will or bad purpose on His part is inconceivable. b) John 14:1-3 i) The Lord Jesus Christ reiterated and underscored what David had said in Psalm 23:6. ii) The Lord Jesus is talking about the same place that David was talking about. Cecil Frances Alexander, (1818-95). They are not in any way softened or modified, but uttered in accents of Alfred EdersheimThe Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Discourse on the Good Shepherd. 4. The Good Shepherd will always be leading you into something new. This phrase is based on a system of law that does not hold . I carry within myself, in my own religious consciousness, a prophecy, an earnest of something greater than the life that now is."4. Goodness is God giving us what we dont deserve, and if you belong to the Good Shepherd, Gods goodness is always chasing after you. And then comes the good man's utterance of his subjective feelings after taking this review of life. Behind me, before me, beside me, beneath me above me. Up to this point, David has been using the image of a shepherd with his sheep to describe his relationship with the Lord. Wealth, in those, All we like sheep have gone astray: we have turned every one to his own way, and the LORD hath laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. Work while it is day. But he said, "my" shepherd. It is when "the hoary head is a crown of glory, being found in the way of righteousness" when there are no marks upon the countenance of extinct volcanoes, dark shadows from wrought-out passions, impressions of darkness and crime, but when the life has been spent for God. In death's dark vale I fear no ill With. Though I walk the downward shade, Deepening through the vale of death, Yet I will not be afraid, But, with my departing breath, I will glory in my God, In my Saviour I will trust, Strengthen'd by His staff and rod, While this body falls to dust. When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will have great fear, for sin will be with me. EXODUS XV. So he calls the Lord his shepherd as a beautiful illustration of his own relationship with God. You could not draw a richer picture of a regenerated earth than by just supposing such an extension of its Sabbaths as alone would render safe the removal of its churches. There is the difference! And Samuel said, How can I go? Gods kindness is meant to lead you to repentance (Rom 2:4). It promises much, but it always disappoints. The querulous old man puts together all that he had gone through, finds it dark and disappointing, and concludes by saying, "I am this day so and so, and I wish that I had never been born." My flesh and my heart faileth, but God is the strength of my heart.--Ps. 493 Likes, 8 Comments - Daystar Christian Centre (@daystarng) on Instagram: "Sermon Title: Direction for Success - @thesamadeyemi Text: Psalms 23:1-6 Success is the achieve." Daystar Christian Centre on Instagram: "Sermon Title: Direction for Success - @thesamadeyemi Text: Psalms 23:1-6 Success is the achievement of set goals. So, thank God, that in Christ He does not chase after you with the wildfire of judgment. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint, The closing words which Jesus had spoken to those Pharisees who followed HIm breathe the sadness of expected near judgment, rather than the hopefulness of expostulation. Thomas Boston speaks of how the glorified shall walk eternally, seeing more and more of GodThey may bring their vessels to this ocean every moment, and fill them with new waters.[4], Donald Macleod says of the Garden of Eden, It offered scope for art, science, and technology The same will doubtless be true of the world to come. (Thomas Binney. So, in Christ, you are encircled in the love of Christ. Sermons. Members of my own family rise up against me, but the Lord stands with me and gives me strength. 3. Evil will be overthrown. But why would you run when you are being chased by goodness and mercy? 1. "And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. In the second part of the Psalm we have another figure a different sort of allegory altogether. It is a fearful doctrine, but clearly stated in Scripture with regard to many individuals of the human race, that, so far from "goodness and mercy following them all the days of their life," everything that He gives them seems only the more to estrange them from God and goodness. The Lord will never let me go. The good man says, "I have needed both; I have had both all my days, and surely they shall follow me all my days.". Wildfire sweeping across mountains is absolutely terrifying. Lets take a look at these two lovely sheepdogs: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. The Good Shepherd keeps me close to Himself through His goodness and mercy that are always chasing after me. It will be yours to kindle the lamp of a never-ceasing devotion, to place the Eucharistic Shewbread before the Lord. THE CHURCH IN HEAVEN. The greatest blessing you can know in life is to be wholly owned by the Son of God. Psalms 23:1-6 , the prayer of David, or a psalm of David, rather. He sees God first as a shepherd; secondly as a guide; and thirdly as a host. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. But more is promised. Protecting mercy. The Good Shepherd' and his one Flock' - Last Discourse at the Feast of Tabernacles. They are divided into five books, each closing with a benediction, evidently added to mark the end of the book. The Lord guards me. Psalms 23:1-6. Its sins are ever at my heels. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. If Saul hear it, he will kill me. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of Gods grace.[3]. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. We will be with Him where He is We will see His glory: He will be our Shepherd, and He will guide us to streams of living water. We belong to a better time, but still we can feel its grandeur. Let us ponder one weighty verse, Handley C. G. MoulePhilippian Studies, The Valley of the Shadow of Death. A. David begins Psalm 23 by saying 'The Lord is my shepherd'. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand, (John 10:28). Psalm 23:1-6. Who is this one who is my shepherd? Have follow'd me through all my days; Thy strengthening staff, and guiding rod, Upheld my steps, made straight my ways: Lord, till I reach thy holy hill, Goodness and mercy guard me still. "Good" and "God" in Anglo-Saxon are the same word. Its sins are ever at my heels. These are difficult days for all of us. (Psalm 23:1-6) Introduction. [1] Douglas MacMillan, The Lord Our Shepherd, p. 82. 5. The Shepherd is in front of the sheep. Here we are, anxious about our world, our country, our families, ourselves. cxvi. The scenario is a thrilling one: brilliant minds in powerful bodies in a transformed universe.[5]. ^D John X. The Return to Capernaum - Healing of the Centurion's Servant. So, think about what that will be like when you have been in heaven for a million, million agesTo put what he says, simply, the more you know of God the more you will see of His beauty, and the more you see His beauty, the more you will love Him. The picture of Moses and the children of Israel singing, and Miriam and the women answering: a gush of national pride and of worship! [3] Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? p. 92 [4] Human Nature in its Fourfold State, p. 302 [5] Monthly record of the Free Church of Scotland, 1990 p. 125. And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. David led the sheep, .read more. Old battles will be over, old wounds will be healed. and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. (Psalm 23:6), These words can be understood in two ways. Who in his right mind would choose to be a shepherd? Now here is where a shift takes place in this psalm. 3. I call this parable "the king." 3 He renews my strength. Notice who the Shepherd is: The Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd. (Jerusalem, December, a.d. And Samuel said, How can I go? In verses 5 and 6 David changes the metaphor a . "I thank God," says the one, "that ever I was born," because he can take the 23rd Psalm, and in the 23rd Psalm he can read the history of his inward life. Furthermore, when Jesus, the incarnate Son of God, was ministering on earth, he said of himself, I am the good shepherd. Listen to how Jesus put it in John 10: 1 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. The sweetest word of the whole is that monosyllable, "My.". I have turned my face toward the Lord, but my yesterdays pursue me like a relentless hound! Jesus said to the Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world, (John 17:24). The Twenty-Third Psalm is one of the best-loved and most well-known sections in the entire Bible. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. 29.) "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin." Cf. II. 2. There is a very interesting commentary called, "A Shepherd Looks at the Twenty-third Psalm." We are once again in Capernaum. 4-6. The Lamb of God is the Lion of Judah. The first thing to say is that it will be very different from life in this world. EXODUS XV. Sustaining mercy. Observe the beautifulness and the blessedness of a Christian old age. Psalm 23:1-3. THE POETICAL BOOKS: Psalms Page Song of Solomon Page Proverbs Page THE PSALMS I. Noteworthy is it also, how many of the most attractive characters and incidents in the Gospel-history are connected with that Capernaum, which, as a city, rejected its own real glory, Alfred EdersheimThe Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Jehovah. One commentator said of Psalm 23, It is the most-prominent, the most-loved, the most-used, the most-preached on and the most-written-upon, of all psalms. He begins to think about what that means. The best is to come. The good man has his difficulties and dangers. As David looked back over his very difficult and tumultuous life, while facing a current crisis, he wrote the words of Psalm 23. I. As David thinks about all that he is facing, his mind goes back to the early years of his life when his work had been keeping the sheep. A wildfire sweeping over the mountain consuming everything in its path. 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