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First Chronicles, chapter 11, verse 2.

In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel.

And the Lord your God said to you, you shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

And you shall be prince over my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel."

So this verse is talking about David when he was anointed as king and how even before he became king,

God was leading and shepherding his people through David. And now as he becomes king,

God is clearly saying to David that one of his responsibilities as king is to be a good

shepherd for God's people. What a great picture, isn't it? What imagery that the king, the ruler of the

land would be described as a shepherd. A shepherd king. And this is exactly the picture that God desires

for us to see today. not in King David from the past, but in King

Jesus. This is where this imagery really comes to life. Jesus, the Lord and King over all, the one to whom all authority in heaven and earth

belongs. The king of kings is your shepherd. My shepherd. We're sheep. He loves us and leads us and nourishes us and feeds us and

cherishes us and protects us like a shepherd does his sheep. Like this picture is all over the

Bible. God described as shepherd. I think about Genesis 4815 when Jacob is saying,

my God, who has been my shepherd all my lifelong to this day. He's on his deathbed. He's

looking back and he says, God's been my shepherd. This is King David saying in Psalm 23, the most

beloved Psalm, the Lord is my shepherd. This is Jesus saying in John chapter 10, I am the good

shepherd. And this is the picture we have in Revelation chapter 7. When every nation, tribe and tongue is gathered around the throne of

God, and we see Jesus described as the shepherd of our souls all the way to the end. And so we pray,

oh God, all glory be to your name, our shepherd king. Jesus, we praise you as being king and Lord

overall, as being the savior of our sin and as being the shepherd of our souls. We praise you for

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