PSALMS 23 HE NAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURE !!

THE STRANGE THING ABOUT SHEEP  IS THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN MAKE UP IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE MADE TO LIE DOWN UNLESS FOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE  MET .. OWING TO THEIR TIMIDITY THEY REFUSE TO LIE DOWN UNLESS THEY ARE FREE OF ALL FEAR.. BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR WITHIN A FLOCK OF  SHEEP WILL NOT LIE DOWN UNLESS THEY ARE FREE  FROM FRICTION WITH OTHERS OF THEIR KIND. IF TORMENTED BY FLIES OR PARASITES,   SHEEP WILL NOT LIE DOWN. ONLY WHEN FREE OF THESE PESTS CAN THEY RELAX. LASTLY, SHEEP WILL NOT LIE DOWN AS LONG AS THEY FEEL IN NEED OF FINDING FOOD. THEY   MUST BE FREE FROM HUNGER. IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT TO BE AT REST THERE MUST BE A DEFINITE SENSE OF FREEDOM FROM FEAR,  TENSION,  AGRGRAVATIONS AND HUNGER. THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE PICTURE IS THAT IT IS ONLY THE SHEEP MAN HIMSELF WHO CAN PROVIDE RELEASE FROM THESE ANXIETIES. . IT ALL DEPENDS UPON THE DILIGENCE OF THE OWNER WHETHER OR NOT HIS FLOCK IS FREE OF DISTURBING INFLUENCES. IT IS THE SPECIAL OFFICE WORK OF GOD'S GRACIOUS SPIRIT TO CONVEY THIS SENSE OF CHRIST TO OUR FEARFUL HEARTS. HE COMES  QUIETLY TO REASSURE US THAT CHRIST HIMSELF IS AWARE OF OUR DILEMMA AND DEEPLY INVOLVED IN IT  WITH US,  FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVE YOU A SPIRIT OF FEAR, ; BUT OF POWER,  AND LOVE,  AND IF  A SOUND MIND ( DISCLIPINED).  WHAT GOD SAID TO DAVID GOD IS SAYING THE  SAME THINGS TO  US, ANT IT IS THE FACT IN THE ASSURANCE THAT WE  CAN REST AND  RELAX WHEN  WE PUT GOD IN CHARGE OF  OUR LIVES AND  ENDOVERD !!!