Scripture text for Monday, March 1st, 2010: Psalm 23:1-23:6
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Psalm 23 is one of the most memorized passages of the Bible. Do we just know the words in our heads or is the concept of this passage truly understood and in our hearts? To truly grasp this psalm we need to grasp it from the writer’s perspective.
This is a psalm of David. David may have written this late in his life after being battered and baffled by the trials of life. He had gone from shepherd boy to king, but he had made this transition through many years of deprivation, hardship and victory (1 Samuel 17 – 2 Samuel 24). He had been tried and tested in the dark valleys and on the mountaintops.