The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need. Psalm 23:1 NLT Psalm 23 Much has been written about Psalm 23 . It is preached regularly at funerals; it is often offered as comfort to those who are suffering. I want to explore an aspect of Psalm 23 that I myself don’t remember preachers or authors explaining. We can easily listen to David saying these words and explain why it fits him in the context of various areas or time periods of his life. And we can naturally discuss Jesus/God being the Shepherd and how God functions in these roles for David or us. But this morning I want to think about Jesus saying these words in His life about His Father. Remember that I spoke in an earlier psalm about the complex nature of the believer being in Christ and Christ being in you as a child of God? Jesus the man, who can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing ( John 5:19 ) Compare to verse one “The Lord is my shepherd v.1” Jesus the man, who was led by the Spirit...
Viewing all the Psalms as Messianic, I will read the Psalms consecutively for 150 days and try to write a outline for teaching with thoughts about the day's Psalm's unique contribution to the revelation of Jesus Christ our Messiah the Word of God and King of kings, the eternal Son of David.