You've probably heard of David, the author of one of the most popular passages of Scripture, Psalm 23.

Here's Nancy DeMos Walgamuth to tell us about him.

David, the shepherd, David, the king, David, the poet, David, the man of God.

David, the adulterer, knew what it was to desperately need the shepherd to restore him when he was

wayward and failing.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamoof, author of a 30-day

walk with God through the Psalms.

For June 10th, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

I'm Dana Gresh.

What words best describe your life, hurried, anxious, stressful, or restful, peaceful, content. I'm not talking about your circumstances,

which surely includes some challenges. I'm talking about your heart. Here's Nancy with some perspective, continuing the series, The Lord is My Shepherd. As we're studying the 23rd Psalm,

it's important for us to remember that the man who wrote it,

the Shepherd King David, and the Jews who read that Psalm in those days lived in the land of Palestine.

Palestine was a barren desert land.

It wasn't easy to find green pastures and streams of water. The shepherd had to know how to find them and where to find them for his sheep. And that's why it's significant when David says, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside waters of rest or still waters.

He said, the Lord is the kind of shepherd who knows how to find what his sheep need,

even in a place where it's hard to find those green pastures and those waters of rest.

As you read the 23rd Psalm and meditate on it, you may think, well, I don't live in Palestine, but that kind of describes my life.

You may have five kids and think it's kind of hard to find waters of rest at this season of my life.

Or the circumstances and situation in your life may be such now.

Maybe you're part of that sandwich generation that is caring for elderly parents at the same time that you have teenagers and you're just feeling like every waking moment

someone needs something from you. How do you find green pastures? How do you find waters of rest?

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