THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD (10)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Zechariah 10:1-12
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Title: The Lord is My Shepherd (10)
Series: The Best is Yet to Come
Text: Zechariah 10:1-12
Author: Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to the Book of Zechariah, second to the last book in the Old Testament. We're in chapter 10. We're going through Zechariah and it is not an easy book. It's very prophetic and apocalyptic, so there is some language in there that's difficult. But as we go through it, we see that it has a great message. I've entitled this series, "The Best Is Yet To Come." And this is an encouraging message that the LORD gave to the people in the early 500s B.C. They had come back from captivity in Babylon, and they had come back to rebuild the temple. They stalled out. And so, Zechariah, along with Haggai, encouraged them to continue the work and the press forward. And they did, and the temple was completed in 515 B.C.
Well, probably the most famous psalm in the Book of Psalms is Psalm 23, the Shepherd's psalm. David was a shepherd who became king. And he says in Psalm 23, as many of us know this psalm, "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want." The LORD is my shepherd. Literally, what he says in Psalm 23 is "The LORD shepherds me." And so, we translate it, "The LORD is my shepherd," but it's a great psalm. One little girl got it a little wrong. Where it says, "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want," she said, told her mother, "The LORD is my shepherd, I have all I want." Which is a good appropriation of that verse, because when the Lord is your shepherd, you do have all you want. He fills your needs.
Now, in Zechariah, he presents to the people the LORD as their King, but he also presents to the people the LORD is their shepherd. And so, you can have a good king or a bad king. Obviously, the LORD is a good King. But with the king there is distance there because he's the king; he's royalty. But when the LORD is your shepherd, there is an eminence there. There is a closeness there. God is transcended. He's the King of th ...
Series: The Best is Yet to Come
Text: Zechariah 10:1-12
Author: Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to the Book of Zechariah, second to the last book in the Old Testament. We're in chapter 10. We're going through Zechariah and it is not an easy book. It's very prophetic and apocalyptic, so there is some language in there that's difficult. But as we go through it, we see that it has a great message. I've entitled this series, "The Best Is Yet To Come." And this is an encouraging message that the LORD gave to the people in the early 500s B.C. They had come back from captivity in Babylon, and they had come back to rebuild the temple. They stalled out. And so, Zechariah, along with Haggai, encouraged them to continue the work and the press forward. And they did, and the temple was completed in 515 B.C.
Well, probably the most famous psalm in the Book of Psalms is Psalm 23, the Shepherd's psalm. David was a shepherd who became king. And he says in Psalm 23, as many of us know this psalm, "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want." The LORD is my shepherd. Literally, what he says in Psalm 23 is "The LORD shepherds me." And so, we translate it, "The LORD is my shepherd," but it's a great psalm. One little girl got it a little wrong. Where it says, "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want," she said, told her mother, "The LORD is my shepherd, I have all I want." Which is a good appropriation of that verse, because when the Lord is your shepherd, you do have all you want. He fills your needs.
Now, in Zechariah, he presents to the people the LORD as their King, but he also presents to the people the LORD is their shepherd. And so, you can have a good king or a bad king. Obviously, the LORD is a good King. But with the king there is distance there because he's the king; he's royalty. But when the LORD is your shepherd, there is an eminence there. There is a closeness there. God is transcended. He's the King of th ...
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