Life is peaceful if that life rests in Christ. To equate ease with goodness is to miss what this Psalm teaches. What David understood through toils and snares is that life is good as a Christian but life is not easy. There has to be more to it than what is on the surface. This life is a far cry from the tranquility presented in Psalm 23. His best friend Jonathan was killed, his son Absalom tried to kill him and he was killed, his baby died. He was under attack, Saul on multiple occasions sought to kill David. Life is good, right? It says things like these sheep lack nothing and fear no evil and goodness follows them forever.ĭavid’s life was far from safe and not as good as this Psalm sounds. Psalm 23 at first reading seems to present a life of tranquility. He points us forward to Jesus the Good Shepherd. Here, in Psalm 23 David writes that while God is all those high and lifted up titles He is also David’s shepherd.ĭavid is a prophet and he points us to the covenant God as he recounts the times Yahweh cared, saved, and kept him through dangers. We have names like God is my King, God is the Most High, My Strength, God is the King of Glory and so on. Within the Book of Psalms we have many lofty names given for God. This is the sheep’s eye view of the Shepherd. He writes this Psalm from the perspective of sheep. David understood what it was to be a shepherd and David knew a lot about sheep and what sheep need. Psalm 23 is a highly personal Psalm for David. Truth Taught- Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd of Psalm 23 meeting all our needs by His presence and care. Jesus the Good Shepherd and the Great Host
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