Here is Jesus - our Lord and Shepherd - not merely looking down on our sorrow from a distance and feeling for us with sympathy, but coming alongside and entering into our suffering as one of us and in empathy He is with us.īut even more than coming alongside us, our Shepherd steps up for us with the strength of the Almighty Rescuer that He is, able to defeat our most terrifying enemy. For there, as we learn from John 11:35, the shortest verse in the Bible, that “Jesus wept.” Two words that speak volumes of what Psalm 23 means when it declares, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” In the New Testament, Jesus reveals Himself to be the Good Shepherd of Psalm 23, and at the graveside of his friend Lazarus, this is especially evident. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you anoint my head with oil my cup overflows. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me your rod and your staff, they comfort me. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. “The Lord is my shepherd I have all I need. Tell me, little lamb, about your shepherd. It gives voice to the sheep who are always eager to share what they know to be true, that staying close to the shepherd is always the safe place to be, for there can be nowhere He leads that does not, in the end, result in that which will be good for His flock. The psalm uses the metaphor of a shepherd’s care for his sheep to describe the wisdom, strength and kindness of our God. Psalm 23 reminds us that in life or in death - in times of plenty or want - God is good and worthy of our trust.
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