PSALMS 23.. '' THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD''

THE LORD! BUT WHO IS THE LORD?  WHAT IS HIS CHARACTER? DOES HE HAVE ADEQUATE CREDENTIAL TO BE MY SHEPHERD?- MY MANAGER, MY OWNER? AND IF HE DOES- HOW DO I COME UNDER HIS CONTROL? IN WHAT WAY DO I BECOME  THE OBJECT OF HIS CONCERN AND DILIGENT CARE? ONE OF THE CALAMITIES OF CHRISTIANITY IS OUR TENDENCY TO TALK IN AMBIGUOUS GENERALITIES.. DAVID THE AUTHOR OF THE POEM, HIMSELF A SHEPHERD, AND THE SON OF A SHEPHERD, LATER TO BE  KNOW AS THE 'SHEPHERD KING' OF ISRAEL, STATED EXPLICITLY, THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD. TO WHOM HE REFER? HE REFERRED TO JEHOVAH, THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, HIS STATEMENT WAS CONFIRMED BY JESUS CHRIST..WELL I BELONG TO HIM SIMPLY BECAUSE HE DELIBERATELY CHOOSE TO CREATE ME AS THE OBJECT OF HIS OWN AFFECTION.. SO WITH GENUINE GRATITUDE AND EXALTATION I CAN PROUDLY, JUST AS DAVID DID, THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD' AND I AM THRILLED TO BELONG TO HIM, FOR IT IS THUS, THAT I SHALL FLOURISH AND THRIVE NO MATTER WHAT LIFE MAY BRING MY WAY..

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