Devotionals
Its a Beautiful Psalm which is written by King David and everybody knows this psalm.
The way I used to look at this Psalm it is somehow similar to anybody's understanding.
But the way I heard and how it was preached and explained,has completely changed my perspective of looking this psalm.
It was one of our brother in Christ Brother Vinod who explained this Psalm in the following way which I would like to share ,though I have read so many commentries of this psalm but no where I found that the writer is giving this kind of picture.
While few of us understand the life of the shepherd in the ancient Near East, most have been able to grasp the message of comfort and assurance conveyed in the psalm. Especially in times of distress, such as fear, we instinctively turn to the assuring words, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
What is the First Verse says .
Psalms 23:
1 “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
What a wonderful and amazing verse,in the writer of the song sees himself as a lamb and the Almighty God as his Shepherd.
The Maker and the creater of the earth and all the things whether Human or animal ,plants, Mountain,Sea,the creator of the universe,the creater of all the stars ,who is Alpha and Omega that Almighty God is my Shepherd.
The writer is not telling this as a story telling but he knows from his inner conscious and the fact of truth and his personal Experience.
Who is Yahweh God.
Yahweh” is of Hebrew language word which is made of Four letters
“Yod Hay Wav Hay” in Hebrew it's “ AHAYAH ASHER AHAYAH, here are no e soundings in the Ancient Hebrew alphabet, so it can't be spelled Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh.in English it is translated as “ I am Who I am” Or “ I will be”.
Hebrew language is an supernaturalize language , linguistics and scientists are doing research on it ,our body is made of thousands of cells and all cells is like Hebrew language. like we have 22 Cromosome in our body,which we called DNA and it comes on us through our parents. Hebrew language has 22 words.
The Hebrew language does not have vowels so the Name Of God is read as “ “Yahweh,Jehovah “.
When Moses saw the burning bush and ask God's Name ,God Declares his name as Ahayah Asher Ahayah means I am who I am.” Means he is not the imagination of a painter or imagination, of sculpture ,here The Creater of universe is Yahweh is my Shepherd as described by the writer.
Second thing the writer says is “ I Shall not want.”
It's “Is” not “will” , because “Is” a present tense where as Will is Future tense.
Means I shall not want present ,it's not “I will not want.” understand the difference.
In our Worldly life when you ask some body “how are you or how's life” , normaly people says ,don't ask or life is a hell,” mostly these kind of answers you get.remember the days when you were in hospital or near to death and people around you your family praying to The same very God to save your life.
and when you are saved and when asked how's life then your answer is it's hell ,which one is better that day when you are near to death or this day when you are saved and alive.at that time words never spoken from your mouth.but by saying this it seems that the second life which God gave you it's like you have obliged God.what a pity.
If anyone ask that man .” How are you” (The man knows that his savior or Shepherd is Jesus ),what will he says “ The Lord is my Shepherd ,I shall not want,”
When God becomes our Shepherd ,then the same Supernaturalize Witnessing will automatically comes out from our mouths.we will not speak those worldly words.
It Might be we don't have money in our pocket,might be we don't have things for household,we might have debts on us ,or we have bills or childrens school fees we need to pay,but we have the assurance that we are incorporated with “Everlasting , infinite, endless , eternal,Heavenly God who is our Shepherd and will fulfill all our needs from his celestial Store.
Who Knows and believe in Creator of Universe and Believe that He's is their saviour and Shepherd will speak like this.but the worldly people speaks lies,and don't know him and not glorify him but the people who knows Jesus and Glorify him and consider him as their Shepherd will say like “ Yahweh is my Shepherd ,I shall not want.
What do Shepherd,do ?
Let me tell you about something few things about shepherd,what unique about it ,there is still one tribe which is called as “Bedouins tribe” Bedouins view their flocks like their children and even name them. Shepherding used to be the center of their economy, together,their flocks is their life.
The days when this Song was written ,the writer of this song was a great man and the King of Israel “David”,the quality of this man was that he loved the God so much.and he was an supernaturalize writer of songs (Psalms).he God has given him rights to be in his presence ,he used to play musical instruments to sing Glory of God.No wonder he earned name, wealth, prosperity,and did some wrong things also but God has forgiven him but he was remain under God's feet.
When David spoke of Yahweh as his shepherd, he thought of Him not only as his provider and protector but as also his king. Because God was David’s shepherd, he lacked nothing. A good shepherd is all a sheep needs since a good shepherd, by his very nature will always supply all of the sheep’s needs. In a similar way, a good father will provide for every need of his child.
he considered himself as the lamb and God as his Shepherd,the provider and protector.
2 .”He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”
David used to to shepherding of his father's flocks.when he was young.
At that time shepherds used to find green valleys for their lambs.but before that they gathered their Sheeps and lambs at one place.and before sending Sheeps or lambs, shepherds identified first the green valleys.Beneath the green grass there were snakes holes ,at that time there were dangerous serpants in that area of Israel ..and were hidden in those holes ,if unknowingly someone goes there they bite.
David describes those things for which he, as God’s sheep, will never lack. It is he is describing God’s relationship to him in terms of a kindly shepherd’s relationship to one of his sheep. the rest which the Good Shepherd provide that the sheep would lie down to rest after having been fed. The adequate provision of lush pasture land, or “grassy meadows”and “quiet waters” (literally, “waters of rest,” which the shepherd has led his sheep, causes them to lie down in rest.
3 “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”
“He restores my soul,” continues this same thought of the rest which God provides for his sheep. God as Shepherd provides his Sheeps with rest and restoration. He does this by supplying the necessary provisions of food and water, which sheep require. He also make provisions of food and water, but rest is also related to restoration.
While a shepherd provides his sheep with food, rest, and restoration, God provides His sheep with His Word, which is the principle means of giving spiritual nourishment, rest, and restoration.
God guides His people: “He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”
Guidance is recognized as one of the principle tasks of the shepherd. He leads his sheep to places of nourishment and rest , but he also leads them in the proper paths. Often it is necessary for the shepherd to lead his flock great distances to find both pasture and water. Some paths are dangerous and should be avoided. The good shepherd leads his sheep in the right paths.
God’s guidance in the life of a believer is more than just a matter of leading us in the “right path”; it involves His leading us in “paths of righteousness” What a wonderful word of comfort for those who seem to think that God’s will is some kind of mystery, known only to the few who are so fortunate to find it.
One of the assurances the psalmist is confident he will never lack is the leading of God in his life.
4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
So the shepherds carry two things rather three things in their hands.
One was Their rod and second one was their staff and third one used to be leather bag which was filled with pure olive oil.
Rod is for the safety of lamb and staff was to fight with enemy.
The same way Our Shepherd Jesus has both the things his rod and his staff for our safety and staff for fighting with our enemy.
So Shepered check those green grass with their rod and their staff and if they found any snake holes they put olive oil on those holes so that if snake wants to come out ,he won't be able to because the olive oil makes the hole so slippery that when ever snakes try to come out they slipped back.
After through satifaction the Shepered whistles and when Sheeps and lambs hear whistle or voice of their Shepherd they follow him.
What Jesus said in John 10:27 “ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me”.
Sheeps are not self sufficient to protect themselves ,they also have visibility up to few meteres and after that they can not see ,they are blind.but their ear drums are strong ,even a Light sound effect they hear.
That's what the scripture says in “2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
So it is by faith we live , because Sheeps also have faith on their Shepered ,so do we on our Lord Jesus.
In Romans 1:17 “ For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”.
Hebrew 11:1 says
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”.
Faith is the substance for the things which we have hoped and the evidence for things not seen because faith create those eyes in us and we see those things which is not existed but through faith it will Come into existence ,and that faith create the image of God in us and through that faith we worship him.
Moses left the empire because he was walking in faith with God and was seeing the promised land though it was not seen or in existence but the faith in him made him enthuse and encouraged him to see the unseen things of the promised land for which God has promised him to give it to his chosen people.
Noah ,David ,Moses,were looking those things through the eyes of faith which were not seen and was not existed ,untill the time it was seen and materialized.
5 “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over”.
Shepherd call the Sheeps through his voice and they ran after him to graze those green grass,when they are grazing ,the snakes hear the sound of their hoof,and they try to come out to bite them ,but as the olive oil is there which not let them come out because they try but slipped back.
That's how our Shepherd Jesus does and the verse says “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies “.that's how our God protect us and he prepare a table before our enemies to guard us from our enemies invasion.
Like shepherds Opens the leather bag and pour out the oil in snakes holes to protect his Sheeps from the snakes dangerous bites.
If we give us in the mighty hand of Jesus he will put the anointed oil in our lives to cover us from our enemies.that no witchcraft,no other evil things comes near to us.no sorcery will effect on our lives.
No witchcraft or sorcery effective on God's people but that is possible when they covered in the protection of holy blood of Jesus.
If God's Son or daughter do sin and all kind of Worldly things like “. fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Then the protection of Jesus blood is opened because their sins loosen the rope of protection and nomore protected with his blood.
it gives anemies a chance to attack on us, because enemy know that this man or this woman is not anointed with the Blood of Christ so it is easier for the enemy to overpower on their lives.because they let the enemy to take them on all kind of worldy uncleanness ,thats why people comes in trials trabulations,debts,evil possession etc etc things.
But the Believers of Christs are covered in his blood so on that no kind of worldy uncleanness,will affect them because they are under his anointed hands. The Lord establish his people in front of his enemies as “Superb Jewel” . He also reconcile with his people from their enemies,they start thinking that this man or woman is not ordinary ,there is some powerful source behind them.
Jesus blood is a cleanser and it has all the anzime to kill the bacteria of sins.it cleans our sins and make us presentable in front of God.
Why Blood ? because Blood has new life cells.
He create respect in the eyes of our enemies.
That's how he prepare a table before our enemies and anointed us with his oil that no evil things comes near to us ,and the way the snakes are under Sheeps hoof ,the same way our enemies will be under our feets.
When the Sheeps are full with the green grass feed,they Shepherd takes them near to still water ,so that they can drink Shepherd doesn't take them to deep or waved waters.
King David knows that “ Yahweh” is his Shepherd ,and he is confident on that, he knows that all his shortages and needs will be taken care by his Shepherd " Yahweh" the God ,that is why the first verse say “I shall not want.”
The people of the Lord does not have the witnesses like worldy people does ,but their witnesses is like “Lord is my Shepherd.
The Lord will take care the need of his Sheeps ,and guard them and provide safety to his people from evil.
In Isiah 54:17 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.”
People does not have peace in their lives , because they find peace in worldly things.
There is Word called “Shalom” shalom has rich meaning in Hebrew. “Peace” is an accurate translation of the term, but shalom implies more than that .
According to Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, shalom means “completeness, soundness, welfare, peace.” It is translated “success” and used as part of an inspired blessing in 1 Chronicles 12:18. Shalom is applicable to an external peace between two entities—such as individuals or nations—and to an internal sense of peace within the individual.
One can only get unique experience of “Shalom” which is peace ,comfort from Mental life, Spritual life ,social life , economical life ,and create comfort, once he cleaned and washed by the blood of Jesus ,and will be the Shepherd of his or your life.
What Jesus said in John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
What the psalm says they rod and thy staff comfort me.
You must have seen that our President or Prime Minister is been provided ,they have four or five kind of security ,which consist of black cat commandoes , and special security force out side their houses or wherever they go ,the security is always with them.while the President and Prime minister have the peace and faith.
If they have 4 layers of security but we have thousands layers of security , because his angels will be there ,his army of angels will be there around your house ,around you and your family .
Writer of the song says in my Shepered hands ,his Rod and his staff.
The Rod is slightly bend Round from the top ,this For anemies and they fear from it,when Sheep is slipped down from the height and stuck-up in bushes the Shepered used his Rod as it bended from the top ,the Shepered placed it in the sheep’s neck and pulled upword the sheep.
The shepherd carry leather bag which is filled with extra extra virgin Olive oil and it's purest oil.
Once the Shepherd pulled out his sheep he does remedy to the sheep.and do “Massa” meaning oil massage ,he do it very deligently in sheep's body it's a remedy to keep away all kind of blood sucking insects from their body,and there will be very sweet aroma comes out from their body.
That's like what our Shepherd do our Spritual massage that that no blood sucking spirit comes near to us. When you wrapped under the holy blood of Jesus ,No Advocate make money from you ,because Jesus will be your Advocate,No Doctor make money from you because Jesus will become your doctor and medicate you .none of your money goes into the drugs or alcohol addiction ,none of your money goes to Astrologers or people doing magics. because all your worries your money will be taken care by jesus.
Jesus will also take out from kind of Doubts ,all kind of evil things ,He will cover you with his feathers.none of your enemy shall rise against you.
Scripture says in Psalms 91:4-7 “ He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.”.
There will be tribulations comes in the world but none will harm you as “Yahweh” take care of your security.
There was a earth quake in one state in Maharashtra ,the houses which were of believers staying there has not affected though most if their surrounding houses were collapsed.
So how God save his people and he guard his security against his people's walls.
6.“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever
The sheep of Jesus witnesses ,without any doubts , because with intention we have tasted Christ,The Lord says in scripture,in Psalms 34:8 “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
There is no man in his kingdom who changed the faith,but the one who baptized by his blood and holy spirit ,the one who is born with the Spirit of God's INDESTRUCTIBLE SEED.
The word of the God has been planted in that man's heart.it can not be through any Pastor ,any spiritual Leader or any Preacher ,but it's Christ spirit who plant this seed of word in a man's heart.and that supernaturalize force create new creation new life in a man.
And that's a witness which scripture says in the last verse “Surely Goodness and mercy follow me and I will dwell in the house of the Lord.”
Goodness and Mercy ,These two Angels will follow you ,it's the angel of the Lord which will remain with you and follow you .
Whatever problem or diseases man's Father and forefathers have it will not get herdiate in this man because He make God of his Everlasting House,and that man's know that no failure follow him,no weaknesses ,no diseases will follow, no evil things , he will not fear when he trespass from wilderness,he will not fear of any kind of evil spirit if he comes from graveyard.
Because that man's know that those two Angels will always follow him that is God's Goodness and Mercy.
This is a testimony of that man who believe in “Yahweh” that yes I will dwell in the house of the Lord which is through prayers , fellowship , obedience , righteousness.
And that Sheep of Lord will proudly
Announce that “ Lord is My Shepered ,I shall not want.”.
All of us who believe on our “Yahweh God and our Good Shepherd Jesus..Has the assurance that as long as we are under his guidence ,we shall not want , his Goodness and mercy is always with us and dwell us in the house of the Lord.
The way I used to look at this Psalm it is somehow similar to anybody's understanding.
But the way I heard and how it was preached and explained,has completely changed my perspective of looking this psalm.
It was one of our brother in Christ Brother Vinod who explained this Psalm in the following way which I would like to share ,though I have read so many commentries of this psalm but no where I found that the writer is giving this kind of picture.
While few of us understand the life of the shepherd in the ancient Near East, most have been able to grasp the message of comfort and assurance conveyed in the psalm. Especially in times of distress, such as fear, we instinctively turn to the assuring words, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
What is the First Verse says .
Psalms 23:
1 “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
What a wonderful and amazing verse,in the writer of the song sees himself as a lamb and the Almighty God as his Shepherd.
The Maker and the creater of the earth and all the things whether Human or animal ,plants, Mountain,Sea,the creator of the universe,the creater of all the stars ,who is Alpha and Omega that Almighty God is my Shepherd.
The writer is not telling this as a story telling but he knows from his inner conscious and the fact of truth and his personal Experience.
Who is Yahweh God.
Yahweh” is of Hebrew language word which is made of Four letters
“Yod Hay Wav Hay” in Hebrew it's “ AHAYAH ASHER AHAYAH, here are no e soundings in the Ancient Hebrew alphabet, so it can't be spelled Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh.in English it is translated as “ I am Who I am” Or “ I will be”.
Hebrew language is an supernaturalize language , linguistics and scientists are doing research on it ,our body is made of thousands of cells and all cells is like Hebrew language. like we have 22 Cromosome in our body,which we called DNA and it comes on us through our parents. Hebrew language has 22 words.
The Hebrew language does not have vowels so the Name Of God is read as “ “Yahweh,Jehovah “.
When Moses saw the burning bush and ask God's Name ,God Declares his name as Ahayah Asher Ahayah means I am who I am.” Means he is not the imagination of a painter or imagination, of sculpture ,here The Creater of universe is Yahweh is my Shepherd as described by the writer.
Second thing the writer says is “ I Shall not want.”
It's “Is” not “will” , because “Is” a present tense where as Will is Future tense.
Means I shall not want present ,it's not “I will not want.” understand the difference.
In our Worldly life when you ask some body “how are you or how's life” , normaly people says ,don't ask or life is a hell,” mostly these kind of answers you get.remember the days when you were in hospital or near to death and people around you your family praying to The same very God to save your life.
and when you are saved and when asked how's life then your answer is it's hell ,which one is better that day when you are near to death or this day when you are saved and alive.at that time words never spoken from your mouth.but by saying this it seems that the second life which God gave you it's like you have obliged God.what a pity.
If anyone ask that man .” How are you” (The man knows that his savior or Shepherd is Jesus ),what will he says “ The Lord is my Shepherd ,I shall not want,”
When God becomes our Shepherd ,then the same Supernaturalize Witnessing will automatically comes out from our mouths.we will not speak those worldly words.
It Might be we don't have money in our pocket,might be we don't have things for household,we might have debts on us ,or we have bills or childrens school fees we need to pay,but we have the assurance that we are incorporated with “Everlasting , infinite, endless , eternal,Heavenly God who is our Shepherd and will fulfill all our needs from his celestial Store.
Who Knows and believe in Creator of Universe and Believe that He's is their saviour and Shepherd will speak like this.but the worldly people speaks lies,and don't know him and not glorify him but the people who knows Jesus and Glorify him and consider him as their Shepherd will say like “ Yahweh is my Shepherd ,I shall not want.
What do Shepherd,do ?
Let me tell you about something few things about shepherd,what unique about it ,there is still one tribe which is called as “Bedouins tribe” Bedouins view their flocks like their children and even name them. Shepherding used to be the center of their economy, together,their flocks is their life.
The days when this Song was written ,the writer of this song was a great man and the King of Israel “David”,the quality of this man was that he loved the God so much.and he was an supernaturalize writer of songs (Psalms).he God has given him rights to be in his presence ,he used to play musical instruments to sing Glory of God.No wonder he earned name, wealth, prosperity,and did some wrong things also but God has forgiven him but he was remain under God's feet.
When David spoke of Yahweh as his shepherd, he thought of Him not only as his provider and protector but as also his king. Because God was David’s shepherd, he lacked nothing. A good shepherd is all a sheep needs since a good shepherd, by his very nature will always supply all of the sheep’s needs. In a similar way, a good father will provide for every need of his child.
he considered himself as the lamb and God as his Shepherd,the provider and protector.
2 .”He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”
David used to to shepherding of his father's flocks.when he was young.
At that time shepherds used to find green valleys for their lambs.but before that they gathered their Sheeps and lambs at one place.and before sending Sheeps or lambs, shepherds identified first the green valleys.Beneath the green grass there were snakes holes ,at that time there were dangerous serpants in that area of Israel ..and were hidden in those holes ,if unknowingly someone goes there they bite.
David describes those things for which he, as God’s sheep, will never lack. It is he is describing God’s relationship to him in terms of a kindly shepherd’s relationship to one of his sheep. the rest which the Good Shepherd provide that the sheep would lie down to rest after having been fed. The adequate provision of lush pasture land, or “grassy meadows”and “quiet waters” (literally, “waters of rest,” which the shepherd has led his sheep, causes them to lie down in rest.
3 “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”
“He restores my soul,” continues this same thought of the rest which God provides for his sheep. God as Shepherd provides his Sheeps with rest and restoration. He does this by supplying the necessary provisions of food and water, which sheep require. He also make provisions of food and water, but rest is also related to restoration.
While a shepherd provides his sheep with food, rest, and restoration, God provides His sheep with His Word, which is the principle means of giving spiritual nourishment, rest, and restoration.
God guides His people: “He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”
Guidance is recognized as one of the principle tasks of the shepherd. He leads his sheep to places of nourishment and rest , but he also leads them in the proper paths. Often it is necessary for the shepherd to lead his flock great distances to find both pasture and water. Some paths are dangerous and should be avoided. The good shepherd leads his sheep in the right paths.
God’s guidance in the life of a believer is more than just a matter of leading us in the “right path”; it involves His leading us in “paths of righteousness” What a wonderful word of comfort for those who seem to think that God’s will is some kind of mystery, known only to the few who are so fortunate to find it.
One of the assurances the psalmist is confident he will never lack is the leading of God in his life.
4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
So the shepherds carry two things rather three things in their hands.
One was Their rod and second one was their staff and third one used to be leather bag which was filled with pure olive oil.
Rod is for the safety of lamb and staff was to fight with enemy.
The same way Our Shepherd Jesus has both the things his rod and his staff for our safety and staff for fighting with our enemy.
So Shepered check those green grass with their rod and their staff and if they found any snake holes they put olive oil on those holes so that if snake wants to come out ,he won't be able to because the olive oil makes the hole so slippery that when ever snakes try to come out they slipped back.
After through satifaction the Shepered whistles and when Sheeps and lambs hear whistle or voice of their Shepherd they follow him.
What Jesus said in John 10:27 “ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me”.
Sheeps are not self sufficient to protect themselves ,they also have visibility up to few meteres and after that they can not see ,they are blind.but their ear drums are strong ,even a Light sound effect they hear.
That's what the scripture says in “2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
So it is by faith we live , because Sheeps also have faith on their Shepered ,so do we on our Lord Jesus.
In Romans 1:17 “ For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”.
Hebrew 11:1 says
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”.
Faith is the substance for the things which we have hoped and the evidence for things not seen because faith create those eyes in us and we see those things which is not existed but through faith it will Come into existence ,and that faith create the image of God in us and through that faith we worship him.
Moses left the empire because he was walking in faith with God and was seeing the promised land though it was not seen or in existence but the faith in him made him enthuse and encouraged him to see the unseen things of the promised land for which God has promised him to give it to his chosen people.
Noah ,David ,Moses,were looking those things through the eyes of faith which were not seen and was not existed ,untill the time it was seen and materialized.
5 “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over”.
Shepherd call the Sheeps through his voice and they ran after him to graze those green grass,when they are grazing ,the snakes hear the sound of their hoof,and they try to come out to bite them ,but as the olive oil is there which not let them come out because they try but slipped back.
That's how our Shepherd Jesus does and the verse says “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies “.that's how our God protect us and he prepare a table before our enemies to guard us from our enemies invasion.
Like shepherds Opens the leather bag and pour out the oil in snakes holes to protect his Sheeps from the snakes dangerous bites.
If we give us in the mighty hand of Jesus he will put the anointed oil in our lives to cover us from our enemies.that no witchcraft,no other evil things comes near to us.no sorcery will effect on our lives.
No witchcraft or sorcery effective on God's people but that is possible when they covered in the protection of holy blood of Jesus.
If God's Son or daughter do sin and all kind of Worldly things like “. fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Then the protection of Jesus blood is opened because their sins loosen the rope of protection and nomore protected with his blood.
it gives anemies a chance to attack on us, because enemy know that this man or this woman is not anointed with the Blood of Christ so it is easier for the enemy to overpower on their lives.because they let the enemy to take them on all kind of worldy uncleanness ,thats why people comes in trials trabulations,debts,evil possession etc etc things.
But the Believers of Christs are covered in his blood so on that no kind of worldy uncleanness,will affect them because they are under his anointed hands. The Lord establish his people in front of his enemies as “Superb Jewel” . He also reconcile with his people from their enemies,they start thinking that this man or woman is not ordinary ,there is some powerful source behind them.
Jesus blood is a cleanser and it has all the anzime to kill the bacteria of sins.it cleans our sins and make us presentable in front of God.
Why Blood ? because Blood has new life cells.
He create respect in the eyes of our enemies.
That's how he prepare a table before our enemies and anointed us with his oil that no evil things comes near to us ,and the way the snakes are under Sheeps hoof ,the same way our enemies will be under our feets.
When the Sheeps are full with the green grass feed,they Shepherd takes them near to still water ,so that they can drink Shepherd doesn't take them to deep or waved waters.
King David knows that “ Yahweh” is his Shepherd ,and he is confident on that, he knows that all his shortages and needs will be taken care by his Shepherd " Yahweh" the God ,that is why the first verse say “I shall not want.”
The people of the Lord does not have the witnesses like worldy people does ,but their witnesses is like “Lord is my Shepherd.
The Lord will take care the need of his Sheeps ,and guard them and provide safety to his people from evil.
In Isiah 54:17 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.”
People does not have peace in their lives , because they find peace in worldly things.
There is Word called “Shalom” shalom has rich meaning in Hebrew. “Peace” is an accurate translation of the term, but shalom implies more than that .
According to Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, shalom means “completeness, soundness, welfare, peace.” It is translated “success” and used as part of an inspired blessing in 1 Chronicles 12:18. Shalom is applicable to an external peace between two entities—such as individuals or nations—and to an internal sense of peace within the individual.
One can only get unique experience of “Shalom” which is peace ,comfort from Mental life, Spritual life ,social life , economical life ,and create comfort, once he cleaned and washed by the blood of Jesus ,and will be the Shepherd of his or your life.
What Jesus said in John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
What the psalm says they rod and thy staff comfort me.
You must have seen that our President or Prime Minister is been provided ,they have four or five kind of security ,which consist of black cat commandoes , and special security force out side their houses or wherever they go ,the security is always with them.while the President and Prime minister have the peace and faith.
If they have 4 layers of security but we have thousands layers of security , because his angels will be there ,his army of angels will be there around your house ,around you and your family .
Writer of the song says in my Shepered hands ,his Rod and his staff.
The Rod is slightly bend Round from the top ,this For anemies and they fear from it,when Sheep is slipped down from the height and stuck-up in bushes the Shepered used his Rod as it bended from the top ,the Shepered placed it in the sheep’s neck and pulled upword the sheep.
The shepherd carry leather bag which is filled with extra extra virgin Olive oil and it's purest oil.
Once the Shepherd pulled out his sheep he does remedy to the sheep.and do “Massa” meaning oil massage ,he do it very deligently in sheep's body it's a remedy to keep away all kind of blood sucking insects from their body,and there will be very sweet aroma comes out from their body.
That's like what our Shepherd do our Spritual massage that that no blood sucking spirit comes near to us. When you wrapped under the holy blood of Jesus ,No Advocate make money from you ,because Jesus will be your Advocate,No Doctor make money from you because Jesus will become your doctor and medicate you .none of your money goes into the drugs or alcohol addiction ,none of your money goes to Astrologers or people doing magics. because all your worries your money will be taken care by jesus.
Jesus will also take out from kind of Doubts ,all kind of evil things ,He will cover you with his feathers.none of your enemy shall rise against you.
Scripture says in Psalms 91:4-7 “ He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.”.
There will be tribulations comes in the world but none will harm you as “Yahweh” take care of your security.
There was a earth quake in one state in Maharashtra ,the houses which were of believers staying there has not affected though most if their surrounding houses were collapsed.
So how God save his people and he guard his security against his people's walls.
6.“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever
The sheep of Jesus witnesses ,without any doubts , because with intention we have tasted Christ,The Lord says in scripture,in Psalms 34:8 “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
There is no man in his kingdom who changed the faith,but the one who baptized by his blood and holy spirit ,the one who is born with the Spirit of God's INDESTRUCTIBLE SEED.
The word of the God has been planted in that man's heart.it can not be through any Pastor ,any spiritual Leader or any Preacher ,but it's Christ spirit who plant this seed of word in a man's heart.and that supernaturalize force create new creation new life in a man.
And that's a witness which scripture says in the last verse “Surely Goodness and mercy follow me and I will dwell in the house of the Lord.”
Goodness and Mercy ,These two Angels will follow you ,it's the angel of the Lord which will remain with you and follow you .
Whatever problem or diseases man's Father and forefathers have it will not get herdiate in this man because He make God of his Everlasting House,and that man's know that no failure follow him,no weaknesses ,no diseases will follow, no evil things , he will not fear when he trespass from wilderness,he will not fear of any kind of evil spirit if he comes from graveyard.
Because that man's know that those two Angels will always follow him that is God's Goodness and Mercy.
This is a testimony of that man who believe in “Yahweh” that yes I will dwell in the house of the Lord which is through prayers , fellowship , obedience , righteousness.
And that Sheep of Lord will proudly
Announce that “ Lord is My Shepered ,I shall not want.”.
All of us who believe on our “Yahweh God and our Good Shepherd Jesus..Has the assurance that as long as we are under his guidence ,we shall not want , his Goodness and mercy is always with us and dwell us in the house of the Lord.
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