And this joy will go on increasing! Mercy and goodness, O my God! The closing words which Jesus had spoken to those Pharisees who followed HIm breathe the sadness of expected near judgment, rather than the hopefulness of expostulation. I. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Other psalms describe crises as "an army [en]camped against me," or "the foundations are destroyed," or "the waters have come up to my neck," and so on (Psalms 27:3; 11:3; 69:1). --Psalm xxiii. Denomination: Picture what it was like for David to write this Psalm under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. This also is characteristic of the Divine relation to man. 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 why "follow" me? Gospel: Mark 7:14-23. In one John WesleySermons on Several Occasions, Joy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' "I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. ", 2. 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. xxiii. Think about what that will be like in eternity: One joy will be added to another as the Good Shepherd leads you into springs of living water. The whole of this Psalm is a meditation on what the Good Shepherd does for His sheep. 4. To the venerable lord and most blessed father, Malachy, by the grace of God archbishop of the Irish, legate of the Apostolic See, Brother Bernard called to be abbot of Clairvaux, [desiring] to find grace with the Lord. In Psalm 23, the crisis is described as "the darkest valley" and "a table in the presence of my enemies.". [3] Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? p. 92 [4] Human Nature in its Fourfold State, p. 302 [5] Monthly record of the Free Church of Scotland, 1990 p. 125. So whatever you might think about in your last moments, look to Jesus. In death's dark vale I fear no ill With VariousThe Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, The Shepherd and the Fold Thou hast guided them in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation.' Psalm 23:1-6 The Lord Is My Shepherd. And here God uses three things that we can touch and handle: a table, oil, and a . And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. The Philistines hate me. 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. Goodness is God giving us what we dont deserve, and if you belong to the Good Shepherd, Gods goodness is always chasing after you. The good man says, "I have needed both; I have had both all my days, and surely they shall follow me all my days."2. 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). Enlarge it towards the north, on the frontier of Satan. 1. Sermons. Psalm 23:5-6. So, thank God, that in Christ He does not chase after you with the wildfire of judgment. . 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. PHILIPPIANS iii. These are just the two things into which God's beneficence, generally considered, naturally divides itself. 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. He does not say, "The Lord is the shepherd of the . Old Testament prophecies were full of declarations that false shepherds would arise to. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh, The Shepherd-King'And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt them mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel! It is the permanence of heaven that is one of its greatest joys in prospect. In one of his books you may find a review of his life. 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. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. It will challenge their intellects, fire their imaginations and stimulate their industry. EXODUS XV. There is quite enough here for the satisfaction of the animal; and the mere animal lives here in contentment, and takes its fill of happiness for its little inch of time. Because of Gods goodness, and because of Gods mercy, because the Lord leads me, restores me, guards me and sustains me, I will walk with Him, worship Him, love Him, and serve Him, all the days of my life. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 4. There is the difference! Colin S. Smith. 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. 4. 1141. Whatever happens in your work, your family, with your health or with your money, whatever happens in our country, if the Lord is your Shepherd, you will always be able to say, Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me; And in Gods house for evermore my dwelling-place shall be.[7], And so, through all the length of days Thy goodness faileth never Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise Within Thy house forever.[8]. As we sit in this room, and mourn but also celebrate the life of Brandy, our soul feels dead, it feels no joy or rest. lxiii. Scriptures: Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.--Ps. I have walked through some dark valleys and more lie ahead of me. In death's dark vale I fear no ill With. I call this parable "the king." Psalm 23 is an exercise in faith. The guiding God: or the picture of the leading. Firm faith. 1. 6 "And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!' 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And Davids faith is strengthened as he takes in what the Lord does for him. Now, in context, the sheep here is apparently returning to the shepherd's house. Welcome to our LIVE Service from St John's Knypersley. When you can say, The Lord is my Shepherd, you will be able to say, Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. I. The goodness of God is a most delightful and animating theme; it touches every chord of the Christian's heart. Ten thousands of people have memorized this psalm. Perhaps you too have memorized Psalm 23. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, (Psa 103 1-2). Though I walk the downward shade, Deepening through the vale of death, Yet I will not be afraid, But, with my departing breath, I will glory in my God, In my Saviour I will trust, Strengthen'd by His staff and rod, While this body falls to dust. 3. When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will have great fear, for sin will be with me. "My God shall supply all your need out of His riches in glory by Jesus Christ." EXODUS XV. Whether or not you want to hear Psalm 23, we all need the truth of Psalm 23 because Psalm 23 is about Jesus, and he's the one we want to see. II. Jesus said to the Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world, (John 17:24). Gal 5:52. Learn to be grateful. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. Let it be a life of patient witness for God. Goodness to creatures; mercy to sinful creatures. The Lord guards me. 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? The Good Shepherd keeps me close to Himself through His goodness and mercy that are always chasing after me. Psalm 23:5Whitehouse church of Christ - Alabamahttps://thewhitehousechurchofchrist.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitehousechurchofchrist/whitehouse@thewhiteh. The Good Shepherd has come to seek and to save the lost. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Dr. Philip W. McLarty. Our Lord Jesus Christ is no less person, than the I AM. 2. Wealth, in those, All we like sheep have gone astray: we have turned every one to his own way, and the LORD hath laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. It seems, as if Jesus could not part from the City in holy anger, but ever, and only, with tears. As we all know, a "shepherd" looks after sheep. We're taking about believers: about actual Christian experience. 2. What is your position if the Lord is not your shepherd? It seems, as if Jesus could not part from the City in holy anger, but ever, and only, with tears. God is our shepherd, and we are his sheep. Voltaire does just the same thing as to the review, but with a totally different result. 3. If you are using the ESV Bible you will see a footnote that says, for length of days. I will dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.. Its sins are ever at my heels. I love that picture. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. I carry within myself, in my own religious consciousness, a prophecy, an earnest of something greater than the life that now is.". Today the familiarity, poetry, and beauty of the 23rd psalm have a different tone. The Lord restores me. 3 He renews my strength. But why would you run when you are being chased by goodness and mercy? III. We are once again in Capernaum. The guiding God: or the picture of the leading. But he said, "my" shepherd. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. Psalm 23 is one of those places. David writes in verse 1a, The Lord is my shepherd.. It is a fearful doctrine, but clearly stated in Scripture with regard to many individuals of the human race, that, so far from "goodness and mercy following them all the days of their life," everything that He gives them seems only the more to estrange them from God and goodness. Reason says there must be such a state; conscience says there is such a state. Sustaining mercy. 4. The deliverance has made the singer look forward to the end, and his confidence in the issue is confirmed. There is an ancient Celtic hymn attributed to St Patrick in the 5th century. (Thomas Binney. I have loved meditating on Psalm 23. He already said, Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, (Psa 103 1-2). It begins with these words, I bind unto myself today, the strong name of the Trinity. "AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER." The superscription of Psalm 23 says that it is A Psalm of David. Many think that David wrote this psalm as a young teenager, when he was a shepherd. Wildfire sweeping across mountains is absolutely terrifying. Today we "walk through the valley of the shadow of death" (Psalm 23). Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.--Ps. And the last thought is, that the best way to be able to end life with an utterance like this is to begin it well. The Lord brings me back. The Lamb of God is the Lion of Judah. 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. The Lord the Good Shepherd.--Ps. Wealth, in those John NewtonMessiah Vol. 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." He understood the special relationship and care a shepherd has with the sheep. [In this section Jesus proceeds to contrast his own care for humanity with that manifested by the Pharisees, who had just cast out the beggar. 4-6. "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. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. Friends, we are talking about exponentially increasing joy! The psalm begins, ''The Lord is my shepherd'' (v. 1). He only sojourned in it here. Heaven will come to earth and God will dwell with His people in a world of love where He will make everything new. "Shall follow me." The Lord is my Shepard. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. Lets take a look at these two lovely sheepdogs: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Title: Living with Faith Text: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 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. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. It refers, perhaps, to a more advanced stage of the Christian life. 4. xxiii. Psalm 23:6: All the Days of My Life: W. Forsyth : Psalm 23:6: . II. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, Bnt God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? Beware of sinking into the vortex of selfishness, and burying your mercies in the grave of forgetfulness. "I will dwell in the house of the Lord." 1 John 3:9. Shall I be able Charles KingsleyOut of the Deep, Letters of St. BernardI To Malachy. He has bound Himself by His own promise to be merciful and forgiving. The original is 'lead gently.' Old Testament prophecies were full of declarations that false shepherds would arise to J. We thank the Lord for another beautiful Sunday morning that He has given us. Mercy. Over these last weeks, we have seen the devastating effects of wildfires in California. As David looked back over his very difficult and tumultuous life, while facing a current crisis, he wrote the words of Psalm 23. He begins to think about what that means. --PSALM xxiii. But what does that show but that men will be so changed there that churches such as we have known here will not be needed? iii:14). My heart wanders and my spirit falters. Hence men often lull their conscience; but there it is they cannot destroy it, and ever and anon conscience speaks like thunder. And all tells of the richness, variety, and depth of the soul's satisfactions in such communion. Like some chemical characters, in certain temperatures they are illegible; but raise the temperature and they appear in all their reality. THE POETICAL BOOKS: Psalms Page Song of Solomon Page Proverbs Page THE PSALMS I. Psalm 23:6b. The joys you experience in life remain with you. Psalm 23:4. Hebrews 3:12-13, 11:1-2, 6, 12:1-2 A GOOD MAN FOLLOWS - Psalm 37:23. Gal 5:52. xxiii. II. Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-20. [1] Think of a shepherd walking in front of his sheep. ", II. 2. Not only the Creator but the Creation too will be an object of wonder to the redeemed. What will that be like? (Jerusalem, December, a.d. And this is how the Good Shepherd keeps us close to Himself. Click here to return to the Sermons page.. Psalm 23:1-3. I will not mislead you by denying that reality or letting platitudes and sentimentalities echo off the valley's walls. Any exceptions to the above must be approved by Open the Bible, 1-877-673-6365. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. goodness. "I shall not want." Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. III. In Matthew 6:22 he said, "The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light" (KJV). 1 John 3:9. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand, (John 10:28). So, in Christ, you are encircled in the love of Christ. God is good, and therefore He must be merciful. "Thou art with me.". Let us ponder one weighty verse, The Valley of the Shadow of Death.--Psalm xxiii. "THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER." 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. Dwelling in the house of the Lord will be incomparably better than the greatest joys any of us have known in this life. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of Gods grace.[3]. 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). The days are coming when God Himself will measure the temple, His house, to see who are His, and who shall dwell in His tabernacle. Theres only one reason: The Good Shepherd came to seek and to save the lost. Psalm 23:1-6. There will be changes. And like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth (Isa 53:7). Poor man! Observe the beautifulness and the blessedness of a Christian old age. "I will dwell in the house of the Lord." As we conclude our meditations on Hope in Troubled Times, I would like to look at Psalm 23. Sermon Title: "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD!" Sermon Text: Psalm 23 Introduction: GOOD MORNING TO ALL! "How great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for the children of men. iv. Goodness or Goriness, an element of God's nature. 1. Note the number of psalms in Books 1 and 2. 1. Many of us feel tired, jaded, discouraged, and flat. There will be the going in and out, and finding pasture - all through; but the end is not here, but above. II. Members of my own family rise up against me, but the Lord stands with me and gives me strength. As one scholar said, "The psalm itself is green pasture; the psalm itself is still water; the psalm itself restores my soul." Hear it again in the joyous voice of a . Amid the manifold anxieties and cares of my heart,[925] by the multitude of which my soul is sore vexed,[926] the brothers coming from a far country[927] that they may serve the Lord,[928] thy letter, and thy staff, they comfort H. Did you know that the Bible uses that picture to describe Gods judgment of the wicked. Sin prepares a table before me in the presence of my friends. Sheepdogs are beautiful, highly trained, hardworking and intelligent creatures. Christ be with me, Christ within me Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.[2]. Green pastures Miss A. L. WaringHymns and Meditations, The Wayside FeastS. forever. Psalm 23:1-6 How God Empowers Me is a sermon which shows from Psalm 23 how God can empower you through a personal relationship with Him. No wonder, then, that David felt so secure when thinking of the future. Ill will or bad purpose on His part is inconceivable. It promises much, but it always disappoints. Surely, "Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin." Though in the VariousThe Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, The King of Love My Shepherd Is[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. If I could only get away from the past! ^D John X. Website: OpentheBible.org. There may be loss of health, of property, of friends; there may be unknown trials. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. Remember, David has already said that the Good Shepherd leads His sheep. [6] Adapted from Jonathan Edwards, Works Vol. These are just the two things into which God's beneficence, generally considered, naturally divides itself. 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. Location: Boise, ID Date: February 22, 2023 Scripture Lessons: Joel 2:1-17; Psalm 103:8-14; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Sermon: Rev. MERCY. Psalm 23:1-6 shows us the Lord's provision for his people. A. 4. The Psalmist's strong confidence of dwelling there "forever." "Yahweh (Hebrew: YHWH--Yahweh) is my shepherd" (v. 1a). Your own god? My flesh and my heart faileth, but God is the strength of my heart.--Ps. Cf. Enter your email address and we will send you a link to reset your password. In all probability its prosperity was chiefly due to the neighbouring Tiberias, which Herod Antipas [2583] had built, about ten years previously. 25. 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