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EXPERIENCING GOD AS?-JEHOVAH-ROHI (14 OF 14)

by David Davis

Scripture: Psalm 23?
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Experiencing God as?-Jehovah-Rohi (14 of 14)
Series: Names of God
David Davis
Psalm 23?


Psalm 23:1 - ''The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.''

Psalm 23:2 - ''He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.''

Elohim - God's Personality
El Elyon - God's Position
El Roe - God's Perception
El Olan - God's Permanence
El Shaddai - God's Power
Adonai - God's Preeminence
Jehovah - God's Perfection
Jehovah-Jireh - God's Provision
Jehovah-Rophi - God the Physician
Jehovah-Nissi - God's Proclamation
Jehovah-M'Kaddesh - God's Purity
Jehovah-Shalom - God's Peace
Jehovah-Rohi - God Pastor


The sheep in the Middle East get up and begin to graze about 4:00 a.m. The shepherd begins to lead them out of the sheepfold and the dew is still on the grass. Then- about 10 or 11 a.m., the sun is very hot and the shepherd will find some secluded place - a shady place - with green grass and allow the sheep to lie down for three or four hours and just chew the cud. It is at that time, when the sheep get quiet, when the sheep get still and begin to digest the grass - it's at that time - that the sheep are growing and putting on the fat - putting on the wool - maturing. And every shepherd knows how important it is for his sheep to have a quiet time.

Have you ever experienced some tough times in your life? Sometimes we forget how important it is to lie down to rest - to be still - to be quiet.


A woman called her pastor and said, ''I tried all day on Friday to call you and I couldn't get you.'' The pastor said ''Friday is my day off. I was resting.'' She said, ''The devil never takes a day off.'' He said, ''Yes, and if I didn't, I'd be just like the devil.''

God wants His sheep to lied down and be quiet.

''He maketh me to lie down in green pastures...''

They say that sheep will not drink out of the fast, flowing river - but they will drink from a still pool of water.

''He leadeth me beside the still wat ...

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