On the way to our Pastor's wives house on Tuesday afternoon, I passed a field of sheep! The sheep in this field were so peaceful and many of them were lying down and it seemed to me they were just enjoying the little lambs who ran around playfully! I immediately thought of the message from Sunday School on Sunday! And the rest of the week I have been pondering the phrase from Psalm 23:2a:
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures..."
The phrase is not all that impressive when you just read it in passing. However, my husband is using a *book written by a Shepherd and it gives a whole new meaning to those 9 small words! Sheep will refuse to lay down unless their following needs are met:
They Must Be:
1. Free of all fear
2. Free from friction with others of their kind
3. Free of pests (flys, parasites, etc)
4. Free from hunger
Wow... when you apply this to us, as Christians, it has so much meaning! Christ wants to give us peace and rest but we can not truly have that until we have trusted Christ to free us of these same things in our lives! Some are harder to overcome than others, however, Jesus provides a way! All we have to do is trust!
I can't wait to get the next installment on Psalm 23 tomorrow morning!!!
*A Shepherds Look at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller
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