I heard a pastor on the radio the other day talking about psalms 23 and had a lot of insight on this wonderful psalm that maybe a lot of us maybe never really got (at least I blew right thru it many times) because we know it so well and may be one of the only verses we memorized. But think about it, it really says everything so beautifully.
One of the things he said that really had an impact on me was related to this verse (4). First, the "valley" .. did you know that to have a valley, you must first have two mountains. The psalm before (22) is really a mountain .. it is a picture of calvary, the psalm after (24) in verse 3 says " 3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?", again a mountain. So, in this valley mentioned in psalms 23 is smack dab right in the middle of two mountains. The other thing about this verse is notice it says "the SHADOW of death". Why a shadow? This is the best part.. death has no power, just like a shadow may be scary, but it is powerless for those of us that are in Christ.
Thank you Lord for walking with me thru the valleys, even the valley of the shadow of death. Help me to be like David and fear no evil for You are with me at all times.
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