The LORD Is My Shepherd

“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. Even though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare
a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely
goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.” Psalm 23:1-6 (NASB).
How does David assess and describe God, the Lord, the Good Shepherd?
I. THE LORD IS A PERSONAL SHEPHERD:
A. Notice the first-person pronouns.
= The Lord is MY shepherd.
= He makes ME lie down in green pastures.
= He leads Mein paths of righteousness...
= He restores MY soul...
= He guides ME...
= He is with ME...
= He prepares for ME...
= He comforts ME...
B. Make it personal between you and the Shepherd.
= You need to personally get to know Him.
= You need to personally worship Him.
= You need to personally trust Him.
= You need to personally obey Him.
C. Just like every other relationship your relationship with the Shepherd has to be cultivated and kept alive.
= You can do that by spending time with Him in prayer fellowship throughout the day chat with Him
= You can do that by learning from Him in reading His word and learning His will and His teachings.
= You can do that by meditating on that Word and thinking about how to apply it in life situations and then to apply it.
D. Keep your relationship with the Shepherd personal. Well, even though He is MY Shepherd, you, too, can enjoy that
personal bonding of Shepherd and sheep. We will then comprehend the meaning of His being a PERSONAL SHEPHERD,
and we come to know that:
II. THE LORD IS A PROVIDENTIAL SHEPHERD:
A. That means “I have enough and more than enough.”
= The Shepherd provided Green pastures, far better fare than what they may have had out in the desert places.
= The Shepherd provided quiet waters.
= The sheep were afraid of roaring rivers.
= The Shepherd provided a banquet in the presence of the flock’s enemies:
= They may lurk in the shadows but the sheep can eat peacefully knowing the Shepherd is there.
= The Shepherd provided healing oil when the sheep would get an abrasion.
B. There were likely times when the nomadic shepherds were leading their sheep that the food was scarce, but God
never runs out of sustenance for the sheep.
C. Listen to these biblical promises:
= “And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 (NASB)..
= "Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and
milk Without money and without cost. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does
not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.” Isaiah 55:1-2 (NASB).
= God does not resent our hugest requests. “You are coming to the King, large petitions with you brin “
= There is enough for everybody to have exactly what they need, and beyond that, and we can count on It because He
promised it.
III. THE LORD IS A PROTECTIVE SHEPHERD:
A. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your
staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies” Note these important facts:
= David and the Shepherd walk through the valley.
= Death is a shadow, a truly impotent and harmless nonentity that is nothing more than where the light is blocked off.
For the believer, death is passing from the shadow into the light.
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= We walk with the Shepherd, or He walks with us, or we walk together.
= The Shepherd’s protection affords us His comfort.
= So we can eat and live in the presence of enemies because we are in the presence of our Shepherd.
B. This does not mean that we will never suffer harm but it does mean that no one can touch our soul even though they
are able to destroy our body.
1. Should they do that, I can envision the Saints accompanied by Jesus and the Angels, looking down and shouting,
“Goodbye forever losers. You thought you beat me but Jesus gave me victory.”
2. If God is for us who can be against us? And believe me God is for you.
3. “The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?” Psalm 118:6 (NASB).
C. We are protected by The Father,The Son and The Holy Spirit from:
1. Depression.
2. Defeat.
3. Discouragement.
4. Despair.
5. Death. Yes even death.
D. Nothing, no one, can harm the lamb Jesus protects.
E. A significant part of the Shepherd’s protection is seeking the sheep when they have wandered away.
Jesus Christ came to seek and save the lost. He came to seek and save me. He came to seek and save you. Each of us can
say, “I’m the lamb that the Shepherd left the flock for, I was out in the cold all alone, but indeed the Shepherd found me
and put his arms around me I’ll never be alone anymore.

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