Now this verse paints a pretty picture. I can almost feel the warm sunshine as I am laid back half napping on the soft green grass. To really make the picture complete I have a fishing pole in my hand fishing in the crystal clear pond. What a picture of serenity and peace.
David was a man who lived a life of war and hostility. He was not really the first person in the Bible that would come to mind when you think of peace and serenity. Yet he wrote so vividly of green pastures and still waters. David had something in his life that outranked all the turmoil. He had a relationship with God that came with peace that passes understanding. David understood a peace not always free from storms, but in the very midst of them.
As Christians we often live in the mist of life’s hurricanes. The world around us is falling apart from the effects of sin. We feel it in our own lives and even get caught up in the storm. It seems like it is when we are at wits end, when we think we can’t go another step and we are ready to just lay down and give up, that the Shepherd leads us to a comfortable patch of peace and rest.
Are you going through a rough storm? Hang in there, the Shepherd will bring you to green pastures and still waters. He will give you the rest that you need to continue through life’s journey.
