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). Its sins are ever at my heels. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. The eye in this . 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. An Expositional Sermon Psalm 23:1-6 "The LORD Is My Shepherd" Theme/Big Idea: God is our greatest need and He overflowingly meets that need in Himself. He took our flesh. I. Surely, etc. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, Bnt God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? Title: Living with Faith Text: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. The Good Shepherd will always be leading you into something new. The picture of Moses and the children of Israel singing, and Miriam and the women answering: a gush of national pride and of worship! Up to this point, David has been using the image of a shepherd with his sheep to describe his relationship with the Lord. And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. INTRODUCTION: Something odd happens when we get to verses 5-6 in Psalm 23. They may apply to other things, national or ecclesiastical, but here is their chief intent. He already said, Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of Divinity, Out of the Deep of Death. 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." They are divided into five books, each closing with a benediction, evidently added to mark the end of the book. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. --Ps. Surely, "Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." Gods goodness and mercy are chasing after you to bring you closer to the Good Shepherd. 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. they smothered him with flowers and killed him with fame and it came to this! Click here to return to the Sermons page.. Psalm 23:1-3. 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. The Purposes: 1. He came into our world. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. 3. When you belong to the Good Shepherd, this will always be true of you. By daily habits of devotion, by the culture of a child-like faith, by holy familiarity with Divine things, I will seem to myself to be constantly engaged in God's service. 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. I. GOODNESS. Psalm 23:6b. So, thank Him for it. He chases after you in mercy. C omparisons, in the Scripture, are frequently to be understood with great limitation: perhaps, out of many circumstances, only one is justly applicable to the case. What a grand triumphal ode! And then the last line of verse 6 reminds us of heaven. His friend was nervous, tense, and he had literally worried himself sick. 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." Cecil Frances Alexander, (1818-95). 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: David writes in verse 1a, The Lord is my shepherd.. It is a great thing to be one of Christ's flock, ever under the Shepherd's tender care. Heres what that means: The Good Shepherd became one with the sheep. The Lord is my shepherd -. When King David was a boy, he used to look after his father's sheep - so he knew what he was talking about when he spoke of the LORD as his shepherd. There is a very interesting commentary called, "A Shepherd Looks at the Twenty-third Psalm." xxiii. 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. Biblical IllustratorSurely goodness and mercy shall follow me. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. Read Psalms 23:1. The first thing to say is that it will be very different from life in this world. Old Testament prophecies were full of declarations that false shepherds would arise to J. Psalm 23:6. Where streams of living water flow My ransomed soul he leadeth, And, where the verdant pastures grow, With food celestial feedeth. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. The joys you experience in life remain with you. And it will be Jesus Himself who leads you into them. 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. In Psalm 23, the crisis is described as "the darkest valley" and "a table in the presence of my enemies.". 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." The man's physician had suggested that he see his minister. THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP. God is able to meet all our needs. Note the number of psalms in Books 1 and 2. Click here for more messages from the Psalm 23 Series. It is a delightful passion. Jerry Bridges says this so well, Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of Gods grace. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. "But in the house of the Lord," says David, "I will dwell forever." The Good Shepherd has two sheepdogs; one is called Goodness. The other is called Mercy.. It tells of man made a partaker of the Divine nature, and coming into intimate communion with God. lxiii. Heaven will not be a world in which you meet Jesus and then go off to pursue your own thing. In 1970, W. Phillip Keller wrote a book titled, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23. I. What will the next world be like? But not so man: man is a rational being. "Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity," etc. Old battles will be over, old wounds will be healed. 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. iv. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Think about what that will be like in eternity: One joy will be added to another as the Good Shepherd leads you into springs of living water. 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. The relationship you have with Jesus in this world will continue forever. THE SCENE REFERRED TO. 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. It brings to mind all that is true of you in Christ. He does not say, "The Lord is the shepherd of the . And it reminds us of the "certain king who made a marriage supper for his son." Psalm 23:5-6. The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God. All shall be well. S. B. Ps. Website: OpentheBible.org. That is good news, because if God chased after us in justice we would all be in trouble. I want to end where we began. 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, The Lord the Good Shepherd.--Ps. He said, "I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. 25. The Lord the Good Shepherd.--Ps. "Surely," etc. It refers, perhaps, to a more advanced stage of the Christian life. The Psalmist's strong confidence of dwelling there "forever." 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. "I shall have enough there.". And He says, I give my sheep eternal life. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. It seems, as if Jesus could not part from the City in holy anger, but ever, and only, with tears. So there will be one flock, one shepherd (10:1-5; 11-16). FULFILMENT OF LIFE'S GREAT HOPES. A wildfire sweeping over the mountain consuming everything in its path. Any exceptions to the above must be approved by Open the Bible, 1-877-673-6365. 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. What if you choose to be the captain of your own ship, the master of your own soul? As we sit in this room, and mourn but also celebrate the life of Brandy, our soul feels dead, it feels no joy or rest. 3. I have loved meditating on Psalm 23. Ten thousands of people have memorized this psalm. Perhaps you too have memorized Psalm 23. Members of my own family rise up against me, but the Lord stands with me and gives me strength. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. xxiii. Trusted colleagues betray me. xxiii. Now here is where a shift takes place in this psalm. What is your position if you choose to be your own shepherd? 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. And the Discourse which followed, ere He once more left Jerusalem, is of the same character. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Psalm 23 is the best-known psalm in the book of Psalms. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand, (John 10:28). Because it is the scene of His familiar glory. These are just the two things into which God's beneficence, generally considered, naturally divides itself. PHILIPPIANS iii. Enlarge it towards the north, on the frontier of Satan. If you are using the ESV Bible you will see a footnote that says, for length of days. I will dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.. Mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve. xxiii. But now he says that the Shepherds goodness and mercy follow the sheep. He sees God first as a shepherd; secondly as a guide; and thirdly as a host. Shall I be able Charles KingsleyOut of the Deep, Letters of St. BernardI To Malachy. "For ever with the Lord!Amen, so let it be;Life from the dead is in that word,'Tis immortality." The days are coming when God Himself will measure the temple, His house, to see who are His, and who shall dwell in His tabernacle. xxiii. And it is a psalm in which he sees God in three aspects. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. 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. And David is in no doubt about this. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. 29.) It will challenge their intellects, fire their imaginations and stimulate their industry. We are once again in Capernaum. These are just the two things into which God's beneficence, generally considered, naturally divides itself. 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 . That is why it is so encouraging. Man is never satisfied here. 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.. All the days of my life that is, all my life long even to the last. When the Lord is your shepherd, His love surrounds you now and forever. What will become of us after we die? As sure as you need it, you shall have it; as sure as you require it, you shall realise it: It shall come seasonably at the best time, in the wisest manner, and from the most unexpected quarter. 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. Sustaining mercy. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, Bnt God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? xxiii. 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. The good man says, "I have needed both; I have had both all my days, and surely they shall follow me all my days."2. God is good, and therefore He must be merciful. No one can expect goodness and mercy to follow him save in virtue of God's promises. I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. I. God often uses material things to speak to us about spiritual things. Psalm 23:1-6. All the topics of the former Discourses are now resumed and applied. We hope you have enjoyed the journey through some . My heart wanders and my spirit falters. He does not just say that the Lord is a shepherd. 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 . 2. As fires consume the forest, as the flame sets the mountain ablaze (Psalm 83:14). THE MANNER OF ITS CONVEYANCE. There is also the idea of settled purpose. If He is your shepherd now, He will be your Shepherd then. 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). Your experience in heaven will be very different from your life in this world, but your relationship with Jesus will be the same. As he remembers what he did for the sheep, some words come to him The Lord is my shepherd. ", 2. The greatest blessing you can know in life is to be wholly owned by the Son of God. I. ^D John X. And no shepherd would ever be without them. Psalm 23:1-6 shows us the Lord's provision for his people. To start saving items to a SermonFolder, please create an account. The Philistines hate me. There are foes in my yesterdays which can give me fatal wounds. The Good Shepherd keeps me close to Himself through His goodness and mercy that are always chasing after me. And the love of the Good Shepherd is: A love that pursues, and a love that welcomes. Welcome to our LIVE Service from St John's Knypersley. 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. Other psalms describe crises as "an army [en]camped against me," or "the foundations are destroyed," or "the waters have come up to my neck," and so on (Psalms 27:3; 11:3; 69:1). 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 one of his books you may find a review of his life. Our first aim in this series has been to encourage. They can stab me in the back! 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. [2] I Bind Unto Myself Today, Attributed to St. Patrick, (385-461), tr. For us, I suppose we could apply it to the blessings we experience in God's church. "Shall follow me." "Yahweh (Hebrew: YHWH--Yahweh) is my shepherd" (v. 1a). I. INTRODUCTION: We are starting a brief three-week series Psalm 23 today, and I am so excited. --Ps. He will guide you to springs of living water (Rev 7:17). Notice who the Shepherd is: The Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd. (Psalm 23:1) Introduction: Dr. Charles Allen, beloved Methodist minister, tells the story of a friend who came to see him one day. What will that be like? Psalm 23 is an exercise in faith. It is simply impossible for Him ever to decree or wish to do anything evil. Dwelling in the house of the Lord will be incomparably better than the greatest joys any of us have known in this life. xxiii. Psalm 23:6A good man's thoughts in his old ageThomas Binney.The Psalm itself consists of two pictures what we call "the shepherd," and what we should not err in calling "the king." And who knows what the future holds? You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 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). -- Psalm 23:4. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Fix your eyes on Jesus, your Good Shepherd. The goodness of God is a most delightful and animating theme; it touches every chord of the Christian's heart. But there is good in your life too. IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, OR BY WHAT PERSONS, THIS STATEMENT MAY BE PROPERLY MADE. Observe the beautifulness and the blessedness of a Christian old age. When you are tired and jaded and drained and flat, when you are run down and you need to be refreshed, bring to mind all that is yours in Jesus Christ and your faith will be strengthened. Here we have . Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin." [In this section Jesus proceeds to contrast his own care for humanity with that manifested by the Pharisees, who had just cast out the beggar. A shepherds dogs are always with him. 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