Psalm 23:1 – The Shepherd
The Lord is my shepherd, I will lack nothing. Really?
The Lord is my shepherd, I will lack nothing. Really?
Who needs an introduction to Psalm 23? It’s one of the most familiar passages in the Bible. That’s likely why my wife suggested it as a starting point. With that challenge, I’ll be continuing the process I used for Psalm 119, and doing a post on one verse per day. Overview Bob MacDonald, in Seeing…
Starting a new series, or really continuing an old one based on a challenge to do meditations on familiar passages.
No matter where we are or what we’re trying to do, we need God to seek us out. The law may be good, but it doesn’t not replace the lawgiver.
The Psalm’s praise and prayer is encapsulated in this verse and again in the next. Give me life, let your decisions help me!
Longing and delight are both produced by God’s grace that starts giving before we ever ask, even before we even are.
“May your hand help me” is a prayer that we all need to pray, recognizing God’s power as the only thing that can take us where God demands that we go.
What makes laws righteous and praiseworthy? I look at quite a number of other sources to talk about righteous laws.
How can one sing praises about the law? Perhaps we need to change our perspective.
This verse expresses a common desire and the cry of many hearts. Let me plea come before God! Answer me, save me, according to Your word!