The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
As we have seen, no true refreshing takes place without the Lord. He made us to need refreshing, and after the fall that need only increased. Like a good shepherd, every day, day after day, He gives us time to lie down and rest. He also knows that as sheep, we do best when the waters are calm, so He scoops out water, putting it into some trough or other place where it will be still. He restores the soul - deep down to the core. We saw yesterday in our sermon study that the opposite of refreshing is distress, fear, and mental anguish. God offers to calm our fears and heal our souls. When we get stubborn and say we do not need refreshing, we are rejecting God's love and care for us; we are saying we do not need him. Sheep desperately need their shepherd. Finally, as we saw yesterday, God helps us deal with our relationships and make them right. Much of the disturbance and distress in our lives has to do with unrighteousness - things not being right between us and God and/or others. He invites us to join Him to walk and talk, so He can show us our part in making things right. May we let the shepherd do His restoring work in us today.
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