23rd PSALM: Verse by Verse Series: 2

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

"The Psalmist puts rest and refreshment first because this is the way
God deals with us so often. 

His blessings span the years. When we look back over life, the trials are out-weighed by His love. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” (Psalm 30:5).

No one can rest in mind and heart until the weight of a guilty

conscience is removed. 

But God heals the troubled soul when He forgives our sins. In spiritual communion with Him, the hungry heart finds food that satisfies. It feeds upon the Word of God, and the thirsty soul drinks deep from the cool, still waters. And by these blessings to which the great Shepherd leads us, we find our souls restored, the natural life invigorated, the spiritual life reborn." BibleInfo