The Lord of Psalm 23 Quotes

“As Matthew Henry puts it, “The greatest abundance is but a dry pasture to a wicked man, who relishes only in that which pleases the senses; but to a godly man, who tastes the goodness of God in all his enjoyments, and by faith relishes that, though he has but little of the world, it is a green pasture.”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ. . . . If we seek strength, it lies in his dominion; if purity, in his conception; if gentleness, it appears in his birth. . . . If we seek redemption, it lies in his passion; if acquittal, in his condemnation; if remission of the curse, in his cross; if satisfaction, in his sacrifice; if purification, in his blood; if reconciliation, in his descent into hell; if mortification of the flesh, in his tomb; if newness of life, in his resurrection; if immortality, in the same; if inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom, in his entrance into heaven; if protection, if security, if abundant supply of all blessings, in his Kingdom; if untroubled expectation of judgment, in the power given to him to judge. In short, since rich store of every kind of good abounds in him, let us drink our fill from this fountain, and from no other.9”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“As Augustine famously said, “You move us to delight in praising You; for You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.”3”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“In the East, a man’s fame is spread by means of his table and lavish hospitality rather than by his possessions. Strangers and neighbours alike discuss tables where they have been guests. Such tales spread from one town to another and are handed down from one generation to another. There is considerable gossip as to how guests and strangers are entertained.9”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“The green pastures may be the normal place, the valley of the shadow of death the fearful place, in front of the enemies the dangerous place, and the house of the Lord the abiding place.”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“So often we disqualify ourselves from Christ’s presence, and we think he cannot be with us because we presume his love for us is based on us, on what we are like, on what we have done or not done; but it is not. It is a profound truth, more profound than we realize, that the love of the Father for the Son, and the love of the Son for the Father, is the same love of the Father and the Son for us (John 17:20–26). The fellowship between the persons of the Trinity is a fellowship we are drawn into where the love bestowed on us is a love that already existed without us. We did not create that love or call it forth because of something special in us; no, it was love that already existed without us that we are invited to share in, love given to us, and so the love of the Lord Jesus for his disciples displays his very heart toward us in his desire to be with us.”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“Spurgeon comments: “Yea, though I walk,” as if the believer did not quicken his pace when he came to die, but still calmly walked with God. To walk indicates the steady advance of a soul which knows its road, knows its end, resolves to follow the path, feels quite safe, and is therefore perfectly calm and composed.12”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“What kind of person simply walks through deepest darkness? Only the person who has no reason to fear it.”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“The Lord my shepherd rules my life and gives me all I need; he leads me by refreshing streams; in pastures green I feed. The Lord revives my failing strength, he makes my joy complete; and in right paths, for his name’s sake, he guides my faltering feet. Though in a valley dark as death, no evil makes me fear; your shepherd’s staff protects my way, for you are with me there. While all my enemies look on you spread a royal feast; you fill my cup, anoint my head, and treat me as your guest. Your goodness and your gracious love pursue me all my days; your house, O Lord, shall be my home— your name my endless praise. Christopher Idle”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“Exodus from slavery never meant freedom to do just anything—God redeemed us to be holy.”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

“You and I have to say, “I am that which I have become,” or “I am that which I was born,” or “I am that which circumstances have made me.” He said, “I am that I am.”
― David Gibson, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host