PSALM 23: THE SHEPHERD RESTORES

Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ² He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.  ³ He restores my soul.    

I. The Shepherd Comes for You When You Are Lost

^{Luke 15: 4} “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?  ⁵ And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders  ⁶ and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’   

II. The Shepherd Lays Down His Life for You

^{John 10: 11}  “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹² The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. ¹³ The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

III. The Shepherd Knows Your Name

^{John 10:14} “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep