Fill My Cup Lord (3 of 3)
Series: The Lord Is My Shepherd
Jeff Strite
Psalms 23:1-6
OPEN: There's a chorus of a beautiful Gospel hymn I'd like you to sing with me:
''Fill my cup, Lord; I lift it up Lord.
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul.
Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more.
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole.''
The last section of the 23rd Psalm talks about God filling David's cup.
In fact, David's cup is filled to overflowing.
ILLUS: One commentary says this may have been talking about the kind of hospitality practiced by Bedouins. According to Bedouin law, once a traveler was received into the shepherd's tent, and especially once his host has spread food before him, he was guaranteed immunity from his enemies. To sit as a guest at the table of such a host was to be assured of food, housing, fellowship and protection. A table that had been prepared was a public announcement that no one was to molest THIS guest. The greater the influence/prestige/power of the host the greater the security. When a guest's head was anointed with oil - it showed he was highly honored. And when a cup was offered to a special visitor it wasn't half-full... it would be running over showing the prestige of the guest. (https://bible.org/seriespage/psalm-23-psalm-calms-soul)
Fill my cup Lord! That's what David boldly saying God would do for him. David had come into the TENT of this great shepherd, and David knew that, once he was there, he'd be provided for and protected.
And that's a repeated theme in David's songs. In Psalm 27:5 David wrote ''For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.''
And in Psalm 61:4 he wrote: ''Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings!''
(PAUSE) Now what's interesting, is that not everybody thinks about God that way. A famous political pundit named Charles Krauthamm ...
Series: The Lord Is My Shepherd
Jeff Strite
Psalms 23:1-6
OPEN: There's a chorus of a beautiful Gospel hymn I'd like you to sing with me:
''Fill my cup, Lord; I lift it up Lord.
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul.
Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more.
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole.''
The last section of the 23rd Psalm talks about God filling David's cup.
In fact, David's cup is filled to overflowing.
ILLUS: One commentary says this may have been talking about the kind of hospitality practiced by Bedouins. According to Bedouin law, once a traveler was received into the shepherd's tent, and especially once his host has spread food before him, he was guaranteed immunity from his enemies. To sit as a guest at the table of such a host was to be assured of food, housing, fellowship and protection. A table that had been prepared was a public announcement that no one was to molest THIS guest. The greater the influence/prestige/power of the host the greater the security. When a guest's head was anointed with oil - it showed he was highly honored. And when a cup was offered to a special visitor it wasn't half-full... it would be running over showing the prestige of the guest. (https://bible.org/seriespage/psalm-23-psalm-calms-soul)
Fill my cup Lord! That's what David boldly saying God would do for him. David had come into the TENT of this great shepherd, and David knew that, once he was there, he'd be provided for and protected.
And that's a repeated theme in David's songs. In Psalm 27:5 David wrote ''For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.''
And in Psalm 61:4 he wrote: ''Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings!''
(PAUSE) Now what's interesting, is that not everybody thinks about God that way. A famous political pundit named Charles Krauthamm ...
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