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." 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. And then comes the good man's utterance of his subjective feelings after taking this review of life. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Try, Mapping 'fault Lines' In America - Micah 3, 5 Ways To Grow Your Church's Congregation, My Sermon With A Little Bit Of Bible Thrown In. 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. We thank the Lord for another beautiful Sunday morning that He has given us. He begins to think about what that means. God is our shepherd, and we are his sheep. Hence men often lull their conscience; but there it is they cannot destroy it, and ever and anon conscience speaks like thunder. By just giving a little turn to the, last expression of the text I see three things 1. 4. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, (Psa 103 1-2). His life was plagued with trouble. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name. "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. All the topics of the former Discourses are now resumed and applied. And the other man, though he had great ability and great genius, and had a long and wonderful life, which, however, nobody would say, or pretend to say, that he spent it in walking with God, he says, "I wish that I had never been born." Then comes the assurance of expectation and hope. Mercies remembered and anticipated.--Ps. You will have frequently to go there, to plead the great Sacrifice. The Lord guards me. I have turned my face toward the Lord, but my yesterdays pursue me like a relentless hound! INTRODUCTION: We are starting a brief three-week series Psalm 23 today, and I am so excited. 14 I am the good shepherd. They are not in any way softened or modified, but uttered in accents of, (Jerusalem, December, a.d. goodness. You could not draw a richer picture of a regenerated earth than by just supposing such an extension of its Sabbaths as alone would render safe the removal of its churches. Make your life all temple, all part of the , the sacred enclosure. 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. Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6. 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 . The deliverance has made the singer look forward to the end, and his confidence in the issue is confirmed. The Good Shepherd will always be leading you into something new. Psalm 23:1-3. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 3 He restores my soul. He leads me beside still waters. The Lord is my Shepard. 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. 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). Because some of my enemies are in the rear; they attack me from behind. Spiritual joy is a sweet and delightful passion, arising from the apprehension and feeling of some good, whereby the soul is supported under present troubles, and fenced against future fear. A. David begins Psalm 23 by saying 'The Lord is my shepherd'. And it reminds us of the "certain king who made a marriage supper for his son." He sees God first as a shepherd; secondly as a guide; and thirdly as a host. In one John WesleySermons on Several Occasions, Joy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' Notice who the Shepherd is: The Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd. David tells us ho God sustained him in the verse we are looking at today. III. In the wilderness unwatered, In the lonely land, This the feast of God made ready By His mighty Hand; Thither came I, spent and weary, Hungry and athirst, From the wastes of thorn and thistle Of the land accursed, Frances BevanHymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others, Christian Standing and Christian ProgressPHILIPPIANS iii. But more is promised. 4. I t is not easy for those, whose habits of life are insensibly formed by the customs of modern times, to conceive any adequate idea of the pastoral life, as obtained in the eastern countries, before that simplicity of manners, which characterized the early ages, was corrupted, by the artificial and false refinements of luxury. This summer my sister went with my family and I to New Hampshire. Over these last weeks, we have seen the devastating effects of wildfires in California. Up to this point, David has been using the image of a shepherd with his sheep to describe his relationship with the Lord. "Shall follow me." He leads me in paths of righteousness for His names sake. ^D John X. All the topics of the former Discourses are now resumed and applied. It is remarkable how much, connected not only with the Ministry of Jesus, but with His innermost Life, gathers around that little fishing town. Jerry Bridges says this so well, Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of Gods grace. Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance," etc. While it is appropriate at such a time, it is really a psalm about the Lords provision for his people, especially during times of great difficulty. Voltaire does just the same thing as to the review, but with a totally different result. ", II. Heaven will not be a world in which you meet Jesus and then go off to pursue your own thing. Thus, when our Lord says, Behold, I come as a thief (Revelation 16:15) , --common sense will fix the resemblance to a single point, that He will come suddenly, and unexpectedly. 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.3. The picture of Moses and the children of Israel singing, and Miriam and the women answering: a gush of national pride and of worship! Psalm 23:1-6 shows us the Lord's provision for his people. Enlarge it towards the east, where we look for our Saviour's coming. The great God of the universe has stooped to take just such care of you and me. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. They were originally used as songs in the Jewish Temple Worship. Here we have . 3. xxiii. Psalm 23:5Whitehouse church of Christ - Alabamahttps://thewhitehousechurchofchrist.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitehousechurchofchrist/whitehouse@thewhiteh. Our weekly email connects you to the latest content and resources. (Psalm 23:1-6) Introduction. "Shall follow me." So whatever you might think about in your last moments, look to Jesus. And my cup is always empty. And David is in no doubt about this. The picture of Moses and the children of Israel singing, and Miriam and the women answering: a gush of national pride and of worship! "And God said unto Moses, I am, that I am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exod. The deliverance has made the singer look forward to the end, and his confidence in the issue is confirmed. Surely judgment and condemnation will follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the lost forever. Age is a thing that may be very beautiful. It is the permanence of heaven that is one of its greatest joys in prospect. Like some chemical characters, in certain temperatures they are illegible; but raise the temperature and they appear in all their reality. Psalm 23:5-6. Surely, "Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." The first person to be helped by this Psalm was David himself. Worship In The Wilderness. "The house of the Lord.". He gave Himself to you, and He calls you to follow Him. 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). Beware of sinking into the vortex of selfishness, and burying your mercies in the grave of forgetfulness. Sin leads me in paths of unrighteousness which I pursue for my own sake. Reasoning from the past to the future, he says, "Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice." If He is your shepherd now, He will be your Shepherd then. They will run in wide arcs over the hills, chasing the sheep in the direction the shepherd wants them to go. Psalm 23:6b. I have loved meditating on Psalm 23. That is . "Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity," etc. God is good, and therefore He must be merciful. 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. But we are prone to look on the dark side of His providence, and to ask, with the murmuring Israelites, "Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? That is good news, because if God chased after us in justice we would all be in trouble. But why "follow" me? So, think about what that will be like when you have been in heaven for a million, million agesTo put what he says, simply, the more you know of God the more you will see of His beauty, and the more you see His beauty, the more you will love Him. Campuses in Arlington Heights, Barrington, Itasca, Marengo, Northfield, and Vernon Hills. My heart wanders and my spirit falters. Children's Sermons Hymn Lists. 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. God often uses material things to speak to us about spiritual things. 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. These are difficult days for all of us. Many of us feel tired, jaded, discouraged, and flat. 4. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. A Good Man's Thoughts in His Old Age: Thomas Binney. So, thank Him for it. 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. The original is 'lead gently.' 2) THE CERTAINTY OF IT (PSALM 23:6) a) "Surely, I will dwell in the house of the Lord." i) No if's, and's, or but's about it; it's a sure thing. Friends, we are talking about exponentially increasing joy! Verse 1 - "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want" - is really the theme of the whole Psalm. MERCY. 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 . Yet Jehovah has chosen to be our shepherd, David says. The Psalmist's strong confidence of dwelling there "forever." xxiii. Reason says there must be such a state; conscience says there is such a state. "THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER." The goodness of God is a most delightful and animating theme; it touches every chord of the Christian's heart. 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 one of his books you may find a review of his life. To start saving items to a SermonFolder, please create an account. 1050God, goodness of4016life, human5340house5478property, houses8441goals, 4019life, believers' experience7125elect, the, 1220God, as shepherd8446hospitality, duty of, December the Thirty-First the Rear-Guard"Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." "I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.". What will the next world be like? I'd like to take a few moments this morning to think about the 23rd Psalm. If I could only get away from the past! They can stab me in the back! But he said, "my" shepherd. Sinners blame God for everything and thank Him for nothing. When you belong to the Good Shepherd, this will always be true of you. No one can expect goodness and mercy to follow him save in virtue of God's promises. Pardoning mercy. Though in the, The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, [1242]Dominus Regit Me: John Bacchus Dykes, 1868 Psalm 23 Henry W. Baker, 1868 The King of love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his, And he is mine for ever. 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. It will challenge their intellects, fire their imaginations and stimulate their industry. If I could only get away from the past! 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. Read Psalms 23:1. David led the sheep, .read more. The Return to Capernaum - Healing of the Centurion's Servant. This is a Psalm of David and David was a shepherd. Gal 5:52. They were originally used as songs in the Jewish Temple Worship. 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 verses 5 and 6 David changes the metaphor a . John Crow Skip to main content Spotify for Podcasters His first thought is I shall not want but by the end, he is able to say something even better: Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Someone may say, Well my life is filled with a great deal of trouble. You can easily list many things that are not as you would want them to be. Psalm 23:2-3 ESV. Denomination: So, thank God, that in Christ He does not chase after you with the wildfire of judgment. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord. I have turned my face toward the Lord, but my yesterdays pursue me like a relentless hound! Its sins are ever at my heels. But I think that David is looking beyond His days in this world. ^D John X. [1] Think of a shepherd walking in front of his sheep. 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. In death's dark vale I fear no ill With. Love, Courage, Restoration, Guidance, Provision, Refreshment, Rest, Relationship, Housing, 52-week preaching calendar to help you plan your sermons, Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching, Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year, Help your church understand God's plan in pain, Call your people to experience a higher freedom, Proclaim the gospel to the ends of the earth. David was of course referring to Jehovah, the supreme, sovereign, almighty, all-powerful, omniscient, creator God of Israel. Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.--Ps. "Goodness and mercy." Protecting mercy. For posting on the web, a link to this document on our website (OpentheBible.org) is preferred. [1] Douglas MacMillan, The Lord Our Shepherd, p. 82. It promises much, but it always disappoints. THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP. So when wandering sinners John NewtonMessiah Vol. He says, "I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." 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