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ScribdTranslationsTHEME: divine security.
Psalm 23:1-6
PROBLEM: let us remember that David was a shepherd when he was a young boy. 1 Samuel 16:
11b
INTRODUCTION: In this passage, David figuratively refers to sheep (animals), it is
just as we are illustrated in different passages of the Bible, but in this passage it speaks of
literally from believing people, those who can say with all their heart 'Jehovah is my
pastor” make it our own in our lives.
I. WE WILL NOT NEED ANYTHING. V. 1-2
A. We will have physical provision. Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say to you: Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat.
to eat or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
what's happening?
Look at the birds of the sky, that do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and
your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
they?
We will enjoy spiritual food.
How sweet are your words to my palate!
Sweeter than honey to my mouth.” Psalms 119:103
We will enjoy spiritual rest.
I will lie down in peace, and likewise I will sleep;
For only you, Lord, make me live in confidence.” Psalm 4:8
II. WE ARE STRENGTHENED IN HIS PERFECT LOVE. V.3-4
It will bring comfort to our soul.
Why are you downcast, O my soul, and why are you disturbed within
of me? Wait on God; for I will yet praise Him, Salvation
my own and my God." Psalm 42:11
He will guide us on paths of justice.
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth,
For those who keep their covenant and their testimonies.” Psalm 25:10
C. He/She will give us full confidence.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose confidence is
Jehovah. For he shall be like the tree planted by the waters,
that together with the current will take root, and will not see when
the heat comes, but its leaf will be green; and in the year of
The drought will not cease, nor will it stop yielding fruit." Jeremiah 17:7-8
III. WE ARE PROTECTED IN HIS MERCY. V. 5-6
A. It protects us from our enemies.
The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
Exodus 14:14
B. The good is in our favor.
For whoever finds me finds life,
And she will obtain favor from the Lord." Proverbs 8:35
C. Our eternal dwelling with God is assured.
Then we who are alive, we who remain,
we will be caught up together with them in the clouds to
to receive the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with Him
Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17
CONCLUSION. It is a great blessing to hear these great promises for the Children of God,
And the most wonderful thing is that our shepherd is Jesus Christ Himself, and we can see Him clearly.
In John 10:11 "Christ is the good shepherd and He Himself gave His life on the cross of Calvary for His
"sheep" Are you already part of His flock? Are you enjoying His precious and great
promises?