Tag: psalm 23
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Do You Reject God in Your Dissatisfaction?
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” 6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to…
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Jesus Uses What Is There
38“How many loaves do you have?” [Jesus] asked. “Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.” 39Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.–Mark 6 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures…(Psalm 23:1-2a)
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A Shepherd-Like Miracle
39Then [Jesus] commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the…
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Forever Hope
6…and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.—Psalm 23 I doubt that David had as nuanced of an understanding of the life to come as we do. Most of us grew up with the ‘everlasting life’ of John 3:16. But David seems to proclaim that Yahweh’s house provides both an identity and security. A…
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Reassurance in Transition
1So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not…
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Rejection
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” 6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to…
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The Satisfied Sheep
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.–Psalm 23 One of the most famous chapters of the Bible. It’s a guaranteed read at a funeral graveside service, and it’s a fountain of theology. Yeah, you read that right. We just need this verse. A verse so famous, that you might be able to approach random people…
Joel M Bradshaw 