“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not
want.” (Psalm 23:1 NKJV)
Perhaps the figure of the shepherd and
the flock may mean little to the modern city dweller. Yet, if ever a people of
this earth resembled a flock of frightened sheep it is now. Governments are
afraid of each other. People are afraid of their government, of other people,
and of themselves.
This Psalm of David has sung its way
across the barriers of time, race, and language. For twenty-five centuries it
has been treasured in the hearts of people. Today it is more beloved than ever
before.
The reason it lives? Not just because it
is great literature. Because it tells that above all the strife and fears, the
hungers and weaknesses of mankind, there is a Shepherd -- a Shepherd who knows
His sheep one by one, who is abundantly able to provide, who guides and
protects, and at the close of the day opens the door to the sheepfold -- the
house not made with hands.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” (Psalm 23:6 NKJV)
-- Charles L. Allen in “The Twenty-Third Psalm: An
Interpretation”
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