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Our desire is for the word of God spread throughout all me know join is now for a portion of one of our services here at Kerwin Baptist Church located in Kernersville, North Carolina. Look at Psalm 23 verse one, a Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures he lead me beside the still waters. He restores my soul already to deal with today. So much we can continue to deal with but I want us to do, as you would call an English terms I want to dissect this sentence and I want us to look at some things and really consider some things about my shepherd this morning.

By the way, I hope you know that he is your shepherd. I could spend all morning telling you how great a shepherd. Jesus is but if he's not your shepherd. It doesn't do you any good and you need to make sure that this wonderful good Shepherd is your ship it's personal. David didn't say the Lord is a shepherd. He said the Lord is my personal do you know Jesus as your personal savior today. Let's pray Lord we love you. Thanks for all you've done in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Everyone swap. I pray short for Siegelman to catch trying to leave nobody left today so I didn't catch anybody I want to look at this word shepherd in Psalm 23 and I don't know maybe you have known this, or come across this but obviously the Old Testament is written in what we call Hebrew in the New Testament is written in Greek, someone to look at this word for shepherd. What does this really mean that we know what a shepherd is what shepherd does but I have found in the Bible. When you begin to dig you always find some things that God uses in your life and so I wanted to look at this term shepherd, and in these couple following verses that we have read it, describe some things that the shepherd does but in a very different way. To me, once I began to dig in a little bit so I want us to look at this today.

This word shepherd. This will be on the screen for you. Just in case so you can try to get all the facts is a Hebrew word called raw. It's RA' AH and raw are now Hebrew has no valves and so words are a bit different and we certainly understand that and but notice this raw. Now what does raw mean this word for shepherd. So when David says the Lord is my shepherd.

He said the Lord is my rock, which means shepherd, but what you see what it means. It means to tend the flock it means to pastorate. That means not just to watch the sheep and take care of the sheep at the make sure they get somewhere or that they can feed it means to graze generally or to rule it means to associate with. As a friend. What so that means that the shepherd done just watch him in feed him. He's a friend. Interesting. It means this it means to break it means a companion.

It means that keep company with it means to feed it means to make a friendship with it literally means pastor. It literally means the sharing house or a sharing process which is part of what a shepherd does it means to wander. It means different things you see when David said the Lord is my shepherd.

Yes, it means shepherd, but it means so much more than just shepherd.

David is saying here folks. You can get this, the Lord is my everything, my everything you muzzle give up looking at people in your life, a husband, a wife, a mom and dad, you might as well stop looking at people in your life expecting them to fill a need in your life, your ear you're looking for a life full of disappointment. We put unfair expectations on people we think they need to meet all these needs. Emotional needs in our life and all that then we don't. We we we we we are disappointed we get mad at them. We make them feel worthless and we go on to another person and they were disappointed we do it with friendships we do with all these things. David said the Lord is my everything and that's who God is to you by the way is your everything but I want to look a little bit closer, so this word raw want to see how it's used in the Bible the same or that David said the Lord is this my shepherd, I want to see how that word is used to describe some of the different things that the shepherd does and I just want to show you quickly.

These verses a bit on the screen. But what is this in Micah chapter 7 verse 14 he says wrong or feed thy people with thy rod the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitaire early in the wood in the midst of caramel let them feed and was Sean in Gilead as in the days of old. So here David said my shepherd, he feeds me.

You know God feed you do know you're here today and you haven't died yet because you have eaten in your lifetime. If you are bored and you don't eat you die eventually I would last a while, but eventually I would waste away how I feel right now if I can wasting away right now. I need nourishment. David said God you feed me.

I want you to know you and I take it lightly. Sometimes the fact that we have any food to eat, whether you go get it or restaurant you have it in the cupboard you cooked it in the oven you have on the table. God gave that Genesis chapter 40 verse 15 look at this verse any blessed Joseph and said God, before whom I fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk the God which had me all my life long unto this day, the God which for me. I wound this verse, Jeremiah 1715. Behold, I send to me. Where's the word of the Lord, let it come now as for me I have not hastened from being a raw pastor to follow the David said that God feeds me and God is my pastor. Do you know dear friend when you get in God's word and what we usually look for pastor to do.

We what we look on the visitors or whatever the case, but we we we want to learn God's word. We want to have God's word explained to us talk to us and that's what we consider a pastor preaches this, one of his main duties in a sense that he's got a share God's word. Do you know that when you got saved. The Holy Spirit moved inside of your life and when you get in God's word. The Holy Spirit is your pastor if you'll stay faithful to reading the Holy Spirit will allow you to understand things in God's word that you used to not be able to understand babysit God's my past was existing Kingston 11 so Jay who slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel and all is great men in his kinfolk and his priest until he left him none remaining and he arose and departed, and came to Samaria and as he was at the sharing house in the way the raw in the way the sharing house. What is the sharing house assuring houses to see where we take.

She and they will share all that rule what is that sharing process that sharing process is taking what is valuable on that sheet and using it. You know sometimes God has the sheer you know sometimes there's things in our life that God wants to use but until he breaks us down until he puts us through that sharing process. It's never going to be usable. I mean, God save us to center it is far will we keep growing to so we can comb her fingers through it. He wants to use us. David said God does that to me. Oh, God had to sheer David if you talk maybe today here in the sharing process. I got a really understand what's going on right now God is making you usable notice this in Jeremiah 215. I don't get bored yet almost a minute want you to see some of these uses the same word for shepherd the young lions roared upon him and yelled and he made his land waste is cities are burned without inhabitant.

Also the children of Knauf and Telefon. These have for the crown of my head have given the crown of my head.

David said God, you're the one that breaks me ever been broken by God that I would love to just like maybe some that you'll find Pekin you know you all the positive I get up here just say all my God just loves you. Every life is rosy and God does love you and all those things but listen to me dear friend. The truth is from God's word God has to break us to use us. David said God you are my breaker as we preached a few months ago want you to notice this if you don't mind. Proverbs 1320, he that walk with with wise men shall be wise but they come in handy in a raw, so this word companion. David says God you are not just my shepherd who is literally the one above, looking down at the sheep hear my companion. That's why David said in Psalm 23 yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, now are with me are shepherd is our companion, he goes through the valleys with us. These are our shepherd will were really excited about that. Judges chapter 14 verse 20. But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his raw, his friend David said the Lord is my friend. You know he's your friend is not just your God. He's not just your father is your friend is your companion. That was very encouraging to me for single 1734 and David said to Saul thy servant. His father, she means David saying the Lord is my shepherd. He keeps me I wouldn't exist without him I wouldn't have what I need without him thinking she means you provide what they needed, dear friend, the Lord is the one that provides what you need.

He keeps you numbers 1433 and your children shall wander in the wilderness 40 years, shall raw. David said God you always bring me back when I wandered away. You kept me when I wandered. Are you starting to see where were going here so David said the Lord is my rock, my shepherd, and he does all these things so that brings us to verse two. Isn't this interesting look at verse two. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

So as my shepherd, my friend, my companion, the one that breaks me the one that molds me, the one that keeps me the one that meets my needs. The one that protects me.

David said you made me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters he restore my soul now want you to look at these three separate phrases and it's amazing as I talk to you today and were almost done.

I want you to get the sense of what David saying here about the Lord. Notice number one.

David says this my shepherd is aware of my physical needs. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. This word down means to crouch to be on all fours to make oneself low. By the way, know this word green means he makes me lie down in green. It means tender grass is a preacher. Why is this important at all, let me tell you what it means to make me lie down in green pastures number one, it means that he provides rest. He makes me lie down. God sometimes does things in our life to put us in a place where we can't hurry we can't scurry.

We can just run off and do something else. We have to stop and I have an amen right there rest. You know sometimes you and I do rest. Sometimes we need rest from doing good. Sometimes we need a rest from doing what's right. David said God, you're the one that takes care of everything you are aware of my physical needs. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures number one it means rest number two it means to refuel a means to refuel. See this word green you know what it means. Number one, it means that there's nerves in the grass I found out one side, it means that this is talking about quality grass. It's got nourishment, it's got vitamins.

This isn't dead grass this is green grass and it's green because it has nutrients inside of it. So David said God, you know what I need rest and you know what I need to refuel. Do you ever get to the point that you need to refuel not talk about death, we know how expensive that is. Don't get a start.

Green means that there's nerves in the grass and means of quality grass to get this green also means that it's for. There's plenty of it.

David said God you know when I need to rest in God. You know what I need to refuel and you put me right where I can get all that I need, but what you so preacher I just can't seem to find time to you know get refueled will whose fault is that has God gone anywhere. Is it that God's too busy and God is that they'll have time to spend with you today. I'm kinda busy and take care of billions of Christians to know the real reason you and I don't have time for God is because we don't have time for God. God's prepared green pastures for us to eat as long as we need get as much as we want to refuel with him. Notice the third thing it means to renew means to renew. It means that for me to know I'm doing right and you know what is just a struggle sometimes being a Christian and living life and paying bills and having responsibilities and all these things and God knows that in God's aware that in David didn't he just says literally about.

He says the Lord is my shepherd, he maketh me to lie down in green pastures and sometimes that's what God has to do has to make us you and I continue to try to do it alone. It is not Davis is you renew me and make me lay down, get rest. You make me get nourishment and you let me renew notice this for thing it means to remember this is my favorite thing I know you don't understand this, but you know why this picture is given here were David says he maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

Why does a sheep lay down in green pastures not in know this. I had to dig. I realize that she meet standing up so God brings them there and there's green grass and there's plenty of it in and he brings you there so you can take the time to refuel and renew. Get some rest. But why are the sheep lying down the sheep laying down as a sign I have eaten all I can handle. I'm just gonna lay down and enjoy all of what I've taken you know I God makes us lie down in green pastures because every day you and I ought to remember what God is done for us. You and I ought to realize you know what I don't need to go through life. One everything that I don't have God's been good to me to give you what I do have babies that she need not alone anymore. I'm worn out with all the blessing. I'm just gonna lay down my wife used to make fun of me. My mother-in-law's a very good cook and my wife is a very sweet lady and happy anniversary to me. Sorry. My wife's a very good cook to. We dated.

I would sometimes go over their house in Malawi cook a big meal or some like that. It's hard to believe sometimes ladle a bit too much and there have been times in my life is laughed at me about it that I eat so much, or that you just eat too much of something. Whatever you get one of these Thanksgiving type meals wanted whatever meals is only one thing I can do. I go to the living room and I do what I lay down on the floor just gonna lay there and I rehearse that whole experience. I am so full, that is when lay down. That's what David saying here God here where my physical needs got you give me so many blessings that I just got a laydown and take it all in. I'm not worn out because I'm serving you. David said I'm worn out because you've been so good to me while I am down because I'm just so long as I feel as a shepherd down because I've been given so much because you're my shepherd, my shepherd's aware my physical needs. I love what one commentator I just wanted to see both kind of on the right track here with this.

I was reading one and he said this one.

Read this phrase he says this is a picture. It is not merely a flock enjoying rest. It is a flock whose wants and desires have been supplied and they are laying down in the midst of their abundance. They are laying down and there's still plenty of green grass to go around his… Not how good God's been number two David says my shepherd is aware of my emotional needs, not just my physical needs. He makes me lie down in green pastures, but David remember you and I are a Trinity. We were created in the image of God. God, the Trinity, father-son Holy Spirit, you and I are a Trinity.

Where's the physical, there's the emotional and there is the spiritual. There is the body, the soul of the spirit we ought we all understand that there four or if I can put it in your terms or is the body, the mind of the Spirit where where where Trinity that's how we're put together and and just a quick commercial. That's why so many times husbands and wives. They feel like they're working so hard and we don't understand why we don't feel to be close because they think physically if they get close physically fit means or close now that's is one of the three men I think will. Maybe if we find some common interest together. Then we can be close know that's just one of the three in order to be close. We got to be close physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and with there's not that joint commitment to Christ will never be closeness. That's why usually couple goes trials when they draw closer to God.

Despite the fact that been through so many are things there now closer I've seen couples that were closer when physical ailment meant that they couldn't even be intimate with each other but they were now closer why because of the spiritual connection. David here says God here where my physical needs. You may need to get rest and you make me refuel and you make me renew and you make me remember but number two is God my shepherd is aware of my emotional needs deleted me beside the still waters. This word still means to repose or peaceful means consolation.

It means comfortable.

It means quiet.

It means still. David said number one God here where my physical needs number two my shepherd is aware of my emotional needs. He leads me beside still waters to preach what is that mean number one, it means it's a calm place still. David said God you provided a place for me to get peace, a place where there's quiet a place where there's retreat a calm place and dear friend. I don't know about you but there is enough chaos in this world and there's enough confusion. Everywhere you look, and you can turn on Fox or the news or whatever the case might be, and you see nothing but fighting and turmoil in Utah on the local news and you find murder and robbery and rape and all these things I know about you, there's a map that out there I need a calm plate you go looking for the things of this world. That's exactly what you're going to find is the things of this world, but David said my shepherd leads me beside call place as what you and I can be calm in the midst of a confused world is what you and I don't have to be up and down with everything that happens in the news. We can have peace deal of this world is really looking for folks they're looking for peace they can't find a calm place.

Second, it's a comfortable place, a comfortable place to sleep. Why do you say that preacher would you know why he let them beside still waters. We talked about this, but he's talking about quiet or gentle waters here running in a small area and I didn't realize this but if you bring sheep beside water that's a little bit rapid.

The sound of the water and the movement of the water frightens. She even though they're thirsty and even though there's water sheep will not go near it because the sound scares them. Also, sheep get in the water that's moving too quickly because of their rule and because it's heavy water gets into it it it begins to soak in the water. And if they're not careful. While there drinking water will tip them over and carry them down the river.

So David shepherd, by the way, said my shepherd leads me beside still waters calm place, a comfortable place notice this a consoling place.

You know the Bible says that the Holy Spirit he always refers to the Holy Spirit as water you know who consoles us.

The Holy Spirit is the great comfort to her. That means you and I because were saved in the Holy Spirit lives inside of us.

We have still waters inside. That means in the midst of chaos. We can have consolation at the Bible says through the spirit, the consolation of the spirit that means will my loved one dies and people don't know how you handle it. The Holy Spirit consoles me. My shepherd leads me beside still waters. I love it. Number four.

It's a contented place. David said in verse one, I shall not what you want is he leads me beside still waters.

Everywhere you look in this world. It's good to be raging waters but when you spend time with God. He leads you beside still waters. This verse, Psalm 46 verse four there is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most time. What are we talking about in Psalm 46 very listening. The love of God. This is how David describes the love of God, there is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad city of God.

David said the Lord my raw is aware of my physical needs. He's aware of my emotional needs. Notice this last you know it he's aware of my spiritual needs. He restore if my wife is aware, my physical needs. My body needs rest my body needs refuel. He's aware I literally mantle needs my emotional needs. I need to calm place on in a quiet place finding a consoling place.

David says my shepherd for me but now he needs help with his soul. David said let me tell you I got a shepherd.

That's where my physical needs.

He's aware of my emotional needs, but he's aware my spiritual needs. He brings back that's what the word restore means he brings my soul back when I'm spiritually wondering often when I'm spiritually dead and what I'm spiritually dry.

David says my shepherd, my he brings me back. He restores my soul knows to me, and let you go thank you for being patient this morning want you to think about this restoration. He restores muscle do you need some restoration does your soul need restored a little bit you know is why I'm excited about revival is my soul needs restored. I need spiritual restoration. Yes, I'm physically tired many of you are to yes I'm emotionally drained.

Some of you are to but I have a shepherd that is aware of my soul. We have revival so that we concentrate on that you can go on vacation for the physical, you go talk to somebody for the emotional you need to were having revival.

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