--Ps. We hope you have enjoyed the journey through some . INTRODUCTION: We are in the middle of a three week series on this Psalm, and we are looking at what it means to have the Lord as your shepherd. Aim . Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me. We came to this Psalm looking to be refreshed. THE SCENE REFERRED TO. And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. In 1970, W. Phillip Keller wrote a book titled, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23. He already said, Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. "And God said unto Moses, I am, that I am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exod. Soon on wings, on wings of love, My transported soul shall rise, Like the home-returning dove, Vanishing through boundless skies; Then, where death shall be no more, Sin nor suffering e'er molest, All James MontgomerySacred Poems and Hymns, The Lord the Good Shepherd. Colin S. Smith. 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. I call this parable "the king." On that Sunday, I said that I was going to suspend my series on The Life of David and begin a series of meditations that I called, Hope in Troubled Times. This is the last in that series of meditations, because we plan to resume corporate worship services this coming Lords Day on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at which time I shall continue my series on The Life of David.. But there is good in your life too. This magazine often included an exposition of a psalm, and in the 1866 publication Spurgeon featured Psalm 23. But more is promised. 25. Pastor Colin Smith preached the comforting sermon "He Loves Me" on Psalm 23:6, explaining the meaning of "I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Li. When the Lord is your shepherd, His love surrounds you now and forever. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Sustaining mercy. Its sins are ever at my heels. If we turn to the fourth Gospel in which the Holy, He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Members of my own family rise up against me, but the Lord stands with me and gives me strength. He who spake thus out of the bush to Moses was the same who in the fullness of time appeared upon the earth in the form of man. Today we "walk through the valley of the shadow of death" (Psalm 23). He leads me beside still waters. We are once again in Capernaum. 'The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want. Now I must prove to my readers' perfect satisfaction that to discard all the dignities and privileges of a high priest and become a lowly worker for Christ, it is not a mere accident nor is it an act of necessity as far as temporal necessities are concerned; Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker, "I will fear no evil, for thou art with me." 1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. There is also the idea of settled purpose. As fires consume the forest, as the flame sets the mountain ablaze (Psalm 83:14). This is another reason why Jesus told . Mercies remembered and anticipated.--Ps. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, Bnt God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 11 I am the good shepherd. But although it may seem like it at first, it isn't a drastic shift. 4. Psalm 23:1-6. Worship In The Wilderness. Heaven will not be a world in which you meet Jesus and then go off to pursue your own thing. Supplying mercy. 3. And this is how the Good Shepherd keeps us close to Himself. "Shall follow me." Dwelling in the house of the Lord will be incomparably better than the greatest joys any of us have known in this life. Evil will be overthrown. 2 p.618. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of Gods grace.[3]. Psalm 23:1-3. The eye in this . 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). God often uses material things to speak to us about spiritual things. When the shepherd goes out to gather sheep from the hills, and bring them into the pens, the dogs go with him. II. 2) THE CERTAINTY OF IT (PSALM 23:6) a) "Surely, I will dwell in the house of the Lord." i) No if's, and's, or but's about it; it's a sure thing. Words continue to come to David as he thinks about what it means for the Lord to be His Shepherd The Lord leads me. (Jerusalem, December, a.d. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh, The Shepherd-King'And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt them mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel! "I will dwell in the house of the Lord." 1. So there will be one flock, one shepherd (10:1-5; 11-16). As the mother's eye and hand follow her little one as he makes his first wobbling attempt to toddle alone; as the needle follows the lodestone; as the water out of the rock followed the Israelites through the desert; as the pillar of glory went with them by night and by day: so goodness and mercy shall follow the faithful, in the closet, in the family, in the church, in the world. Surely goodness and mercy That is, God's favour, and the blessed and comfortable effects of it; shall follow me Hebrew, , jirdepuni, shall pursue me, by which emphatical expression he signifies God's wonderful freeness and readiness to do good to his people, and that his blessings not only prevent us, but even pursue them who flee from them, or that they . His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim, -- He knows the way He taketh, And I will walk with Him. Click here to return to the Sermons page.. Psalm 23:1-3. James MontgomerySacred Poems and Hymns, The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare[1200]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 me with a watchful eye; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. Sermons. I will not mislead you by denying that reality or letting platitudes and sentimentalities echo off the valley's walls. Old Testament prophecies were full of declarations that false shepherds would arise to J. He took our flesh. Psalm 23:1-6 How God Empowers Me is a sermon which shows from Psalm 23 how God can empower you through a personal relationship with Him. Note the number of psalms in Books 1 and 2. Observe the beautifulness and the blessedness of a Christian old age. And it is a psalm in which he sees God in three aspects. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. The Lord is my Shepherd, nor want shall I know; I feed in green pastures, safe-folded I rest; He leadeth my soul where the still waters flow, Restores me when wandering, redeems when opprest. 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. It is the permanence of heaven that is one of its greatest joys in prospect. 4The Valley of the Shadow of Death.--Psalm xxiii. 29.) 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 . In the midst of affliction my table is spread; With blessings unmeasured my cup. As he was taking care of his fathers sheep, lying on his back in a lush green field beside a gently flowing stream, he penned the words of this memorable psalm. THE POETICAL BOOKS: Psalms Page Song of Solomon Page Proverbs Page THE PSALMS I. 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. 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. xxiii. Fix your eyes on Jesus, your Good Shepherd. 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." 1-21. Mercy and goodness, O my God! Then your reality will be something like this: I am my own shepherd, and I will always want. It is, if I am not mistaken, Scougal the author of that little book The Life of God in the Soul of Man takes a review of life, looks back upon its prominent events, its afflictions and its trials, and upon his inward experience, and ends all by saying, "I am this day such and such an age, and I bless God that ever I was born." Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, (Psa 103 1-2). Shall I be able, I To Malachy. The Philistines hate me. Heaven will come to earth and God will dwell with His people in a world of love where He will make everything new. Goodness and mercy will follow me. All the topics of the former Discourses are now resumed and applied. They can stab me in the back! And Samuel said, How can I go? 1. In all probability its prosperity was chiefly due to the neighbouring Tiberias, which Herod Antipas [2583] had built, about ten years previously. 25. Picture what it was like for David to write this Psalm under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve. "Shall follow me." This is a famous psalm that is read at funerals. Someone may say, Well my life is filled with a great deal of trouble. You can easily list many things that are not as you would want them to be. Whether or not you want to hear Psalm 23, we all need the truth of Psalm 23 because Psalm 23 is about Jesus, and he's the one we want to see. It is simply impossible for Him ever to decree or wish to do anything evil. "I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Over these last weeks, we have seen the devastating effects of wildfires in California. We belong to a better time, but still we can feel its grandeur. A shepherds dogs are always with him. James says, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change, (James 1:17). So I have an enemy in the, My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year. Jesus has trod the Psalm 23-journey before us. "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. And like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth (Isa 53:7). 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. He understood the special relationship and care a shepherd has with the sheep. Some of us are anxious, fearful and even distressed at what the future might bring. Why not "go before"? Mercy. In death's dark vale I fear no ill With. Goodness to creatures; mercy to sinful creatures. Goodness. I. Biblical IllustratorSurely goodness and mercy shall follow me. 4. Now today, we are looking at the last verse of this Psalm. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. We take the faith and feeling of the man to expand and enlarge, till they embrace the great and ultimate future of the life that is to be, and he says, "I feel that I have been led onwards to that. Psalm 23:6. The scenario is a thrilling one: brilliant minds in powerful bodies in a transformed universe.[5]. 2 He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. It is a delightful passion. Hence it is said, "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to," etc. Trusted colleagues betray me. 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. Our weekly email connects you to the latest content and resources. 29.) He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. But now he says that the Shepherds goodness and mercy follow the sheep. Perverse and foolish oft I strayed, But yet in love he sought me, And on his shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me. 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. What will become of us after we die? If I could only get away from the past! "THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER." It is really astonishing to see how very seldom, in a professing Christian country, this question is seriously entertained, and on what slight and trivial grounds men are contented to take it for granted that all is safe with them. they smothered him with flowers and killed him with fame and it came to this! He leads me in paths of righteousness for His names sake. Hebrews 3:12-13, 11:1-2, 6, 12:1-2 A GOOD MAN FOLLOWS - Psalm 37:23. Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance," etc. As we all know, a "shepherd" looks after sheep. Enlarge it towards the north, on the frontier of Satan. Though in the VariousThe Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, The King of Love My Shepherd Is[1242]Dominus Regit Me: John Bacchus Dykes, 1868 Psalm 23 Henry W. Baker, 1868 The King of love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his, And he is mine for ever. Our first aim in this series has been to encourage. 3. Thats how Gods judgment pursues the wicked. Where streams of living water flow My ransomed soul he leadeth, And, where the verdant pastures grow, With food celestial feedeth. "How great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for the children of men. He will guide you to springs of living water (Rev 7:17). fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided Me a king among his sons. There is no restoring there, no troubling there; no dark misty shade of death to chill the sunlight of the road. A Good Man's Thoughts in His Old Age: Thomas Binney. But St. John says there is no temple in heaven. ^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. He leads me beside still waters. Mercies Remembered and Anticipated. In death's dark vale I fear no ill With VariousThe Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, The Shepherd and the Fold Thou hast guided them in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation.' 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Sheepdogs are beautiful, highly trained, hardworking and intelligent creatures. Ill will or bad purpose on His part is inconceivable. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 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. 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. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Denomination: Learn to be active. Death will be defeated. ", 1. and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. (Psalm 23:6), These words can be understood in two ways. Part of the power of Psalm 23 is the . 4-6. Friends, we are talking about exponentially increasing joy! And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 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. Goodness is God giving us what we dont deserve, and if you belong to the Good Shepherd, Gods goodness is always chasing after you. When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will have great fear, for sin will be with me. And David is in no doubt about this. 4. What a grand triumphal ode! An angel is the object of one; man of both. THE CONSUMMATION OF IT. Age is a thing that may be very beautiful. [8] From the hymn, The King of Love My Shepherd Is, Henry Williams Baker, (1821-77). Any exceptions to the above must be approved by Open the Bible, 1-877-673-6365. 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. 3 He renews my strength. And the last thought is, that the best way to be able to end life with an utterance like this is to begin it well. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. So when wandering sinners John NewtonMessiah Vol. II. It shall follow incessantly, supply fully, solace richly, sustain powerfully, pass with him through the Jordan, and enter with him the bright portals of glory. I carry within myself, in my own religious consciousness, a prophecy, an earnest of something greater than the life that now is.". I carry within myself, in my own religious consciousness, a prophecy, an earnest of something greater than the life that now is."4. The relationship you have with Jesus in this world will continue forever. 3 He restores my soul. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.--Ps. And when I yield this mortal breath, My soul into Thy hands commend, And pass the vale and shade of death, Thy staff and rod my path attend: Mercy and goodness then shall be My song to all eternity. Note the number of psalms in Books 1 and 2. 1-21. He restores my soul. "My God shall supply all your need out of His riches in glory by Jesus Christ." And the more you love God the more happiness you will have in Him.[6]. There will be changes. ^D John X. Both have to do with character, spiritual character, relation to God. And Davids faith is strengthened as he takes in what the Lord does for him. The Lord restores me. 2. Whatever happens in your work, your family, with your health or with your money, whatever happens in our country, if the Lord is your Shepherd, you will always be able to say, Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me; And in Gods house for evermore my dwelling-place shall be.[7], And so, through all the length of days Thy goodness faileth never Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise Within Thy house forever.[8]. Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6. "Innocent until proven guilty" - that phrase is a simplified expression of how the legal system in this country is supposed to work. II. Though in the, The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, [1242]Dominus Regit Me: John Bacchus Dykes, 1868 Psalm 23 Henry W. Baker, 1868 The King of love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his, And he is mine for ever. Campuses in Arlington Heights, Barrington, Itasca, Marengo, Northfield, and Vernon Hills. So he calls the Lord his shepherd as a beautiful illustration of his own relationship with God. His writing has informed much of my meditation today. However, it is far more likely that David wrote this psalm late in his life, possibly during the rebellion of his son Absalom (2 Samuel 13-19). The best is to come. "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin." Let us ponder one weighty verse, Handley C. G. MoulePhilippian Studies, The Valley of the Shadow of Death. And the last thought is, that the best way to be able to end life with an utterance like this is to begin it well. Firm faith. (Psalm 23:1) Introduction: Dr. Charles Allen, beloved Methodist minister, tells the story of a friend who came to see him one day. 1. The Shepherd is in front of the sheep. The superscription of Psalm 23 says that it is A Psalm of David. Many think that David wrote this psalm as a young teenager, when he was a shepherd. iii:14). This is just a statement of a fact; and if such persons believe that the dispensations of God's providence with reference to them are intended to cause "goodness and mercy to follow them all the days of their life," or that they will in fact do so, they are labouring under a fatal delusion. They were originally used as songs in the Jewish Temple Worship. 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). Barnabas was also filled with faith. In the wilderness unwatered, In the lonely land, This the feast of God made ready By His mighty Hand; Thither came I, spent and weary, Hungry and athirst, From the wastes of thorn and thistle Of the land accursed, Frances BevanHymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others, Christian Standing and Christian ProgressPHILIPPIANS iii. 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