Psalm 23 - Week 5
Psalm 23:1-6
The Lord is my shepherd; I have what I need. He lets me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside quiet waters. He renews my life; he leads me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, 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 anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Psalm 23:6
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.
Psalm 27:13
I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living.
1. THE SHEPHERD’S PERSONALITY
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.
Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His faithful love endures forever.
- - His goodness is expressed through His Presents.
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
- - His Goodness is expressed through His Provision.
Psalm 34:8-10
Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in him! You who are his holy ones, fear the Lord for those who fear him lack nothing.
Young lions lack food and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
- - His goodness is expressed by His Providence.
Romans 8:28
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
Psalm 23:6
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.
Psalm 63:3
My lips will glorify you because your faithful love is better than life.
2 Timothy 2:13
…if we are faithless, he remains faithful…
Psalm 23:6
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.
2. THE SHEPHERD’S PURSUIT
1 Peter 2:25
Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls. (NLT)
Isaiah 53:6
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way…
Luke 15:1-7
All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him. And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable:
“What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?
When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’
I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.
Isaiah 53:4-7
Yet he himself bore our sicknesses, and he carried our pains; but we in turn regarded him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not open his mouth.