HOW HIGH ARE YOUR VALLEYS?
Scripture: I PETER 5:10, ISAIAH 43:2, PSALMS 23:4, PSALMS 34:19
How High Are Your Valleys?
Adrian Rogers
Psalm 23:4
Turn please to Psalm 23. I know that you are familiar with this wonderful Psalm. And do you know that one of the great dangers is that we may be so familiar with the 23rd Psalm that we miss some of the beauties?
One time a botanist was out on his hands and his knees with a magnifying glass looking down at a little flower in a pasture. And a big, old brawn shepherd came and stood behind. And at first the botanist was not aware that the shepherd was there. And the shepherd had a smile on his face. To him it was ludicrous. Here was a man on his hands and knees with a magnifying glass looking at one little flower. And when the botanist finally recognized the presence of this shepherd and he felt a little silly himself, at first, but then he said to the shepherd, "Here you come and take a look." And the shepherd kneeled down and took the magnifying glass himself and looked at that exquisitely beautiful little heather bell, the little flower there, and after he did, the tears popped in his eyes and started to course down his cheeks. And the botanist said, "Why are you crying?" "Oh," he said, "I knew they were there, but," he said, "I just think of how many I trampled under my feet without really looking at them." I wonder if we don't do that to some of the more familiar passages in the Bible. I wonder if we don't need somehow to take God's magnifying glass and look a little more closely.
I had thought when I first started that I would preach on the entire Psalm, and then I said, "No, I'm going to narrow it down to one and we'll just take the magnifying glass and look at the one verse. But I want us to at least share the whole Psalm together to get the one verse in its proper setting.
It begins this way, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still water. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in th ...
Adrian Rogers
Psalm 23:4
Turn please to Psalm 23. I know that you are familiar with this wonderful Psalm. And do you know that one of the great dangers is that we may be so familiar with the 23rd Psalm that we miss some of the beauties?
One time a botanist was out on his hands and his knees with a magnifying glass looking down at a little flower in a pasture. And a big, old brawn shepherd came and stood behind. And at first the botanist was not aware that the shepherd was there. And the shepherd had a smile on his face. To him it was ludicrous. Here was a man on his hands and knees with a magnifying glass looking at one little flower. And when the botanist finally recognized the presence of this shepherd and he felt a little silly himself, at first, but then he said to the shepherd, "Here you come and take a look." And the shepherd kneeled down and took the magnifying glass himself and looked at that exquisitely beautiful little heather bell, the little flower there, and after he did, the tears popped in his eyes and started to course down his cheeks. And the botanist said, "Why are you crying?" "Oh," he said, "I knew they were there, but," he said, "I just think of how many I trampled under my feet without really looking at them." I wonder if we don't do that to some of the more familiar passages in the Bible. I wonder if we don't need somehow to take God's magnifying glass and look a little more closely.
I had thought when I first started that I would preach on the entire Psalm, and then I said, "No, I'm going to narrow it down to one and we'll just take the magnifying glass and look at the one verse. But I want us to at least share the whole Psalm together to get the one verse in its proper setting.
It begins this way, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still water. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in th ...
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