The Twenty third Psalm follows the Twenty second. It is the Psalm of the cross. There are no green pastures in twenty two. No still waters on the Ps. 22. Only after hearing Jesus proclaim "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me."Then, we come to Jesus being our Shepherd. See the sword used against the Shepherd, know why it had to be, before we will know the sweetness of the Shepherd.
Let the spirit of the Psalm possess we as we read them. Only then will we experience day of heaven on earth. We see Jesus limiting His glory as He comes down to become our Shepherd. He became the Lord of our pasture. We must humble ourselves to become the right sheep for His Pasture.
Jesus wore the marks of the cross. We must wear His brand in us. Every sheep has a mark on it to identify it. We wear the marks like Paul said we die daily and take up our cross and follow Jesus. The mark can be seen from afar. Jesus mark on un can identify that we are different than other sheep. He is a particular shepherd, so we have to be peculiar sheep. Set apart to bring honor and glory to the Lamb that was slain. The mark is deep and leaves a scar. The Holy Spirit has sealed us unto the day of redemption. The mark causes us to hear His voice. My sheep know my voice and another one, they will not follow.
This goes along with the video on reflectingongod.com.
Come along as we go through the Psalms together.
Some of material taken from Charles Spurgeon on David's Psalm.
