Psalm 23:1-6 shows us the Lord's provision for his people. In our studies we looked at Christ - the . What is your position if the Lord is not your shepherd? Dwelling in the house of the Lord will be incomparably better than the greatest joys any of us have known in this life. 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 when wandering sinners John NewtonMessiah Vol. 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. Supplying mercy. "Shall follow me." Because it is the scene of His familiar glory. Through the valley and shadow of death though I stray, Since Thou art my guardian no evil I fear; Thy rod shall defend me, Thy staff be my stay; No harm can befall, with my Comforter near. 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." The Lord guards me. The greatest blessing you can know in life is to be wholly owned by the Son of God. INTRODUCTION: We are starting a brief three-week series Psalm 23 today, and I am so excited. All shall be well. But even when I walk through the darkest valley, my Shepherd will be with me. Who wants to say that? A. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Now here is where a shift takes place in this psalm. Shall I be able, I To Malachy. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.--Ps. Perverse and foolish oft I strayed, But yet in love he sought me, And on his shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. (Jerusalem, December, a.d. In all probability its prosperity was chiefly due to the neighbouring Tiberias, which Herod Antipas [2583] had built, about ten years previously. The "I Am. 1, Sin Charged Upon the SuretyAll 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. 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: 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. Gal 5:52. Voltaire does just the same thing as to the review, but with a totally different result. Psalm 30:11,12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. SUPPORT UNDER LIFE'S TRIALS. 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. The extent of the Psalmist's assurance. He does not just say that the Lord is a shepherd. The sweetest word of the whole is that monosyllable, "My.". "Shall follow me." [7] The Lords My Shepherd Ill Not Want, Scottish Psalter (1630). Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Before, then, any person is entitled to assert, with reference to his own afflictions, that God does everything for the best, and to apply this as a ground of comfort and consolation to himself, he must not only love God, but know and be convinced that God loves him. It is simply impossible for Him ever to decree or wish to do anything evil. But the treatment has been so extremely imperfect, in view of the importance of that section, that a few further remarks must be made. So I have an enemy in the John Henry JowettMy Daily Meditation for the Circling Year, The Kingdom UndividedTHE POETICAL BOOKS: Psalms Page Song of Solomon Page Proverbs Page THE PSALMS I. J. LawlorSt. Its guilt dogs my steps. There is the difference! Fix your eyes on Jesus, your Good Shepherd. The best is to come. Douglas Macmillan quotes a Scottish shepherd who preached on the verse we are looking at today: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. You will have frequently to go there, to plead the great Sacrifice. -- Psalm 23:4. This summer my sister went with my family and I to New Hampshire. Psalm 23:6: All the Days of My Life: W. Forsyth : Psalm 23:6: . Learn to be active. "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. 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. That is . And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. It is a delightful passion. So I have an enemy in the, My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year. The Lamb of God is the Lion of Judah. This language implies the assurance, on his part, of the existence of a state of future blessedness. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. 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." We came to this Psalm looking to be refreshed. To save items to a SermonFolder, please sign in to your account. "Innocent until proven guilty" - that phrase is a simplified expression of how the legal system in this country is supposed to work. Old Testament prophecies were full of declarations that false shepherds would arise to J. He already said, Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Theres only one reason: The Good Shepherd came to seek and to save the lost. I will not mislead you by denying that reality or letting platitudes and sentimentalities echo off the valley's walls. 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. I. I. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Our Lord Jesus Christ is no less person, than the I AM. II. II. Title: Living with Faith Text: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Pardoning mercy. First, lets look at my relationship to the Lord. Gospel: Mark 7:14-23. Any exceptions to the above must be approved by Open the Bible, 1-877-673-6365. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Mercies Remembered and Anticipated. No one loves God but a true Christian, because nothing will produce love to God but the belief of the Gospel; and of course, it is the belief of the Gospel that makes a man a Christian. xxiii. Mercy and goodness, O my God! Beware of sinking into the vortex of selfishness, and burying your mercies in the grave of forgetfulness. And when we are in the Fathers house, Jesus prayer will be answered. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. What will the next world be like? His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim, -- He knows the way He taketh, And I will walk with Him. The Good Shepherd keeps me close to Himself through His goodness and mercy that are always chasing after me. All the days of my life that is, all my life long even to the last. 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. Read Psalms 23:1. Below are some of his most touching and eloquent comments on each verse. The deliverance has made the singer look forward to the end, and his confidence in the issue is confirmed. But now he says that the Shepherds goodness and mercy follow the sheep. Its guilt dogs my steps. When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will have great fear, for sin will be with me. And who knows what the future holds? "Shall follow me." 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. Psalm 23:1-6 The Lord Is My Shepherd. In one of his books you may find a review of his life. What will that be like? THE SCENE REFERRED TO. One of the jobs of a shepherd is to lead his sheep. 4. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Work while it is day. We conclude our Sermon Series on PSALMS this week. Then your reality will be something like this: I am my own shepherd, and I will always want. Psalm 23:5-6. CONCLUSION . 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 Return to Capernaum - Healing of the Centurion's Servant. The Lord brings me back. There will be changes. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows, (Psalm 23:5). Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Hence men often lull their conscience; but there it is they cannot destroy it, and ever and anon conscience speaks like thunder. 1. The shadow is dark and the valley is long and deep. Psalm 23:6b. Behind me, before me, beside me, beneath me above me. 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 . 3. 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. Sustaining mercy. They were originally used as songs in the Jewish Temple Worship. And it is a psalm in which he sees God in three aspects. If he were a mere intellectual being, and nothing more, then he might dwell here. The guiding God: or the picture of the leading. 13. 13. they smothered him with flowers and killed him with fame and it came to this! A. David begins Psalm 23 by saying 'The Lord is my shepherd'. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. THE ASSURANCE EXPRESSED BY THE PSALMIST. 2. When you dwell in the house of the Lord, faith will be turned to sight. It has been frequently supposed, that the being born of God was all one with the being justified; that the new birth and justification were only different expressions, denoting the same thing: It being certain, on the one hand, that whoever is justified is also born of God; and, on the other, that whoever is born of God is also justified; yea, that both these gifts of God are given to every believer in one and the same moment. And this joy will go on increasing! Protecting mercy. Who is the Lord? Heaven will be a world of fresh discoveries and new delights. 4-6. 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. Our first aim in this series has been to encourage. "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. At the beginning, the psalmist begins with a picture of the shepherd and the sheep, but the psalmist doesn't leave us with the metaphor, he brings to an actuality. Wherever He may guide me, No want shall turn me back; My Shepherd is beside me, And nothing can I lack. So whatever you might think about in your last moments, look to Jesus. Enlarge it towards the sunny south; take in many a piece of ground which is now covered by worldly occupations, business, or pleasure. Psalm: Psalm 119:129-136 132. cxvi. xxiii. Surely judgment and condemnation will follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the lost forever. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, OR BY WHAT PERSONS, THIS STATEMENT MAY BE PROPERLY MADE. Hence it is said, "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to," etc. 3. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. It is the permanence of heaven that is one of its greatest joys in prospect. 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. It is remarkable how much, connected not only with the Ministry of Jesus, but with His innermost Life, gathers around that little fishing town. In Psalm 23 David writes "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life" (Psalm 23:6 NIV). The perfection of manhood; the "rest that remaineth;" the "fulness of joy;" the glorious fellowships that know no break, and that bring no pain, are in our Father's house. He only sojourned in it here. 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. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. I love that picture. And Samuel said, How can I go? Day and night, summer and winter, in fair weather and foul, they labored to nourish, guide, and protect the sheep. There is a very interesting commentary called, "A Shepherd Looks at the Twenty-third Psalm." In 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. Here we are, anxious about our world, our country, our families, ourselves. 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!" In one, 'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' I have walked through some dark valleys and more lie ahead of me. 8. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of Gods grace.[3]. Some of us are anxious, fearful and even distressed at what the future might bring. 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. The Lord will never let me go. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 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. 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 . Psalm 23:6. For us, I suppose we could apply it to the blessings we experience in God's church. "The house of the Lord.". ", 1. 4. And the Discourse which followed, ere He once more left Jerusalem, is of the same character. 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. 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." Make your life all temple, all part of the , the sacred enclosure. These are difficult days for all of us. Ill will or bad purpose on His part is inconceivable. 1141. How we spend our time is of the utmost importance. xxiii. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His names sake. 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. [1] Think of a shepherd walking in front of his sheep. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, Bnt God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? 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 . An angel is the object of one; man of both. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. 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). Learn to be grateful. What is heaven like? Believers thank God for everything and blame Him for nothing. Its sins are ever at my heels. We are once again in Capernaum. And here God uses three things that we can touch and handle: a table, oil, and a . 1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. I have turned my face toward the Lord, but my yesterdays pursue me like a relentless hound! They are divided into five books, each closing with a benediction, evidently added to mark the end of the book. And it reminds us of the "certain king who made a marriage supper for his son." 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. Did you know that the Bible uses that picture to describe Gods judgment of the wicked. Cecil Frances Alexander, (1818-95). I call this parable "the king." [6] Adapted from Jonathan Edwards, Works Vol. 4-6. 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. "How great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for the children of men. There are places in Scripture that are powerful, so deep, that to recite them is to experience 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. Sin leads me in paths of unrighteousness which I pursue for my own sake. Why will any of us be in heaven? 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. And if thats your reality why should you stay there? This also is characteristic of the Divine relation to man. Sinners blame God for everything and thank Him for nothing. In Psalm 23, the crisis is described as "the darkest valley" and "a table in the presence of my enemies.". As he was taking care of his father's sheep, lying on his back in a lush green field beside a gently flowing stream, he penned the words of this . He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 1-21. 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. That is why it is so encouraging. --Ps. 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. But the Lord picks me up. --Psalm xxiii. All shall be well. David led the sheep, .read more. 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). There is also the idea of settled purpose. 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. Colin S. Smith. His writing has informed much of my meditation today. 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). I have loved meditating on Psalm 23. 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. 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