WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.439 practical ways. You know, I just realized that Rollin has 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:17.480 us wearing those headphones you Yeah, and if you're watching 5 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:20.600 on video, it is so not accurate. Yeah, we need 6 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:22.960 a new role in for sure. So hey, welcome to 7 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.440 The Bible Guys. My name is Chris, this is Wesley, 8 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:28.120 and we are feeling well. He's filling in for Jeff, 9 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:30.320 and we are glad to be here and we've had 10 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:30.800 a good time. 11 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:31.440 This has been fun. 12 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:33.759 This has been a great week and uh and some 13 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:37.840 great content honestly, honestly goodness. So hey, we're gonna jump 14 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:41.200 right into our segment. Desiree has given us the uh 15 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:44.280 sort of like the taboo, which she calls guess the word, 16 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:46.960 And if you're watching online, then we're gonna put this 17 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:49.960 on the screen, not the word that he's trying to 18 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:52.840 get me to say, but rather the word that you're 19 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.399 not allowed to say, because that's really the key. And 20 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:57.000 in a lot of ways, this is harder for you 21 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:59.880 than it is for me. Yeah, yeah, because you have 22 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:01.359 to you have to, you have to say, get me 23 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:03.200 to say the word without saying the keywords. 24 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:06.719 Okay, are you with me? All right? So I'm making 25 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:07.680 sure I got this right. 26 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:10.000 Yeah, So he's just now saying it because we don't like. 27 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.159 Yeah, we don't preview, we don't stuff. So it's it's 28 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:13.959 on the fly. 29 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.000 It's always on the fly. So I will, I will 30 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.799 do my best, buddy, So go ahead and uh, get 31 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:20.760 me to say the first word. 32 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:24.159 Okay, here we go. So I'm going to say the word, 33 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:28.159 but I can't say the italicized words. No. 34 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:29.680 No, no, you can't say the word. You have to 35 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:30.519 get me to say the word. 36 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.400 Okay, so I can say the italicized word. No. Oh, 37 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:35.840 So this is going to be difficult. 38 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.519 Then yes, that's the point. So you can't say any 39 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.599 of the talisized words, but you can say anything you want. 40 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:42.519 For instance, let me just say this, so let's just 41 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:46.599 say the word is uh uh batman? 42 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:47.079 Yeah? 43 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:48.879 Right, and then and then I'm not allowed to say 44 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:53.040 Robin or Batman, Bill or superhero or superhero. I'll say, 45 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.439 I'll think of a clever way, and I'll say I'll say, 46 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:00.560 Michael Keaton played this, yeah, this role, okay, right in 47 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:02.640 a growley voice or something like that right. Yeah, I'll 48 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.040 find a clever way for you for you to say Batman. 49 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.199 Yeah, I got it. Okay, Number one, yep, I think 50 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:09.879 I got these. This is gonna be good. I can 51 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:16.800 I can explain. Well, so number one, Yes, domicile, domicile. 52 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:24.120 I think that's it should be the right. Oh, say 53 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:29.039 more things, mansion, mansions. I just thought of that one 54 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:30.159 in Heaven. Mansion. 55 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:34.639 Yeah. Uh, and domicile's an RV, right. 56 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:41.280 I can't say, Okay, let's. 57 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:48.280 Say mansion is okay, a house, a castle, h a 58 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:56.199 tiny cabin, shack. A tiny cabin is a shack. Shack 59 00:02:56.439 --> 00:03:05.240 is is also a cave cabin, hut tent? Oh? 60 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:11.080 Yes? Dwell? Wow, yeah, dwell. That one was so domici 61 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.039 could be wrong, but I thought that was a word 62 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.719 for like house. Someone's gonna correct me in the comments 63 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.479 on YouTube. I need to look that up. I should 64 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:22.719 have looked it up before I said it. 65 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:27.520 Yeah, well, I'll tell you what that is. Uh. Dwell 66 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.120 is hard, yeah, because it's not a word that we 67 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.560 use in vocabulary anyway. Yeah, like I don't. I don't 68 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.080 say dwell except for when I read the Bible. I think, yep, 69 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:39.680 that's funny. Okay, yeah, let's go to the next one. 70 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:43.439 This one should be easy, I think. So you know 71 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:50.000 those old watches that people would use now they they 72 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:54.000 would used to tell time, think, oh during Greece. 73 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:57.719 Yeah, yeah, you're thinking of with the shadows? 74 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:02.639 That was it? Shadow? What I was thinking of that? 75 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:04.919 I was thinking at the actual struggle. What is that 76 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:05.719 watch called? 77 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:07.919 I don't know what the name of it is, but 78 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.560 the one it kind of shows normally it's not a watch, 79 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:14.840 but it's like a device that kind of shows. I 80 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:16.120 can't think of the name for it. 81 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:18.439 And I said shadow. That's hilarious. 82 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:20.360 But shadow, that's that's number two. 83 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.040 Okay, we forgot to say what couldn't you say in 84 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:23.519 the first one. 85 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:25.759 I couldn't on the for the first one, for Dwell, 86 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.120 I couldn't say live, home, house, reside, or abode. For shadow, 87 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:37.120 I couldn't say dark, light, shade, sun image. Okay, okay, 88 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:38.839 So the next one. 89 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.920 Stream stream, river, I. 90 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:55.279 Nope, stream a Norwegian fjord. 91 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.879 I don't even know what you just said. I don't 92 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:08.920 even know what you just said. A river stream, uh. 93 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:15.000 The bottom of a fjord. And so think of Norway. 94 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:21.959 If a boat was going to dock in Norway, you 95 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:25.720 would go into a fjord, to a bay and to 96 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:30.560 a well, what's the bottom of the fjord? Oh, my goodness, 97 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:34.279 it would be. 98 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:37.839 This is the hardest we've ever done, ever had. 99 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:40.519 See, this isn't accurate. When I was going to say, 100 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:44.959 think of the Suez Canal, but this, that's not accurate 101 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:49.519 for what I'm trying to But you get the concept 102 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.160 the Suez Canal like. 103 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:53.199 A channel. 104 00:05:53.639 --> 00:06:00.600 It's it's it's yep, you're yeah, yeah, I give let's 105 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.560 just let's valley valley. I was trying to get where 106 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:08.000 something's on both sides. So a fjord is just kind 107 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.480 of like a you know how the coast of Norway is. 108 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.279 It has those huge dips in there and you can 109 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:14.959 kind of go into the fjord. 110 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:17.759 I would have just said the something of the Shadow 111 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:18.120 of Death. 112 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:21.480 But could I oh yeah, I could have. Yeah, I 113 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:22.360 could have said that one. 114 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:24.439 Couldn't you say about valley Hill. 115 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:28.959 Mountain, lily down river. So I was trying to think 116 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:33.720 fjord like the bottom of the fjord. You no, you 117 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:37.040 said river? Yeah, you said river? Yeah, all right. 118 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:50.399 Grazing sheep field, super close field, grass meadow. 119 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:59.920 Super close. Uh, it's in a way this is not it, 120 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.199 but in a way, it's something that you do to milk. 121 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:07.079 Like if you milk the cow and got the milk, 122 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:09.959 you probably wouldn't just drink the milk. 123 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.439 You would harvest the milk. 124 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:13.480 What to the milk? 125 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:17.360 You would pasturize? 126 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:21.720 Yes, pastor, I was like, what kind? 127 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:24.079 Okay? Okay, okay. 128 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.720 And the last one this ties directly into and all 129 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:31.639 of these tied directly into the scripture for today. The 130 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:36.399 last one is and for pastor, I couldn't say filled cow, green, 131 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:42.160 metal or new. That was pastor. Okay. So for the 132 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:47.959 next one, someone that carries a big stick. 133 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:49.600 Shepherd. 134 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:54.000 Yep, you got it. That was the easiest way I 135 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:55.319 could think of for that one. 136 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:02.160 Yeah, it's called a sun dial. That's what it is, Okay, sundial, 137 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:04.639 Yeah she is. That should have been easy, right. 138 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:06.959 Yeah. Now, Chris, you're going to make me do this 139 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.920 live right here, because I'm going to look up that 140 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.319 word because I want to know what the meaning is. 141 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:15.560 Well, you do that and I will. 142 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.560 And that is incorrect. I think I gave a word. 143 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.639 Oh no, yeah, it is treated a specific country as 144 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.959 a permanent home. So the Tenant is domiciled in the US. 145 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:30.120 So I was close. I was in the ballpark, okayah, okay, 146 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.320 I just wanted to verify that I didn't say something bad. 147 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.200 And everyone's like, right. 148 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:39.039 Right, okay, So let's move on to the scriptures. That 149 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:42.320 was interesting. Yeah, it was a very hard thank you desiree. 150 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:43.279 But it all ties in. 151 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:47.879 Yes, it all does because we're pausing from the story 152 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:51.399 of David right before Dave and Goliath. Yeah, because David 153 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.840 wrote Psalm chapter twenty three. So let's read the six 154 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.559 verses and let's dive right into it. 155 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:01.639 Yeah. Psalm's twenty three says, the Lord is my shepherd. 156 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.919 I have all that I need. He lets me rest 157 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:08.759 in green metals. He leads me beside peaceful streams. He 158 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:13.919 renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing 159 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.879 honor to his name. Even when I walk through the 160 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.480 darkest valley, I would not be afraid, for you are 161 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.600 close beside me, your roding, your staff protect and comfort me. 162 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:28.039 You prepare a feast for me in the presence of 163 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:31.879 my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. 164 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:36.639 My cup overflows with blessings. Surely, your goodness and unfailing 165 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:39.240 love will pursue me all the days of my life, 166 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.919 and I will live in the House of the Lord forever. 167 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.159 As I'm reading this, I keep wanting to flip to 168 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:46.840 King James version, I will dwell in the House of 169 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:47.519 the Lord forever. 170 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:52.480 Right. Yeah, So, you know, it's interesting this is this 171 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:56.559 is probably my it's it's my far my favorite psalm. 172 00:09:56.039 --> 00:10:00.519 Probably one of the most known for psalms Bush. 173 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:04.080 Yeah, and it's read at funerals. But what's interesting about 174 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:05.679 it is is that you know, we read it at 175 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.720 funerals because you know, there's postcard images of you know, 176 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:12.360 resting in green meadows and peaceful streams and then dwelling 177 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:14.759 in the House of the Lord forever, and you know, 178 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:16.879 and it also mentions the value of the show of death. 179 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:19.679 But yet, if you really think about the meaning behind 180 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:22.120 this parable, it's not really meant for funerals at all. 181 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:24.759 I mean, not even close. It's actually a psalm of 182 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.080 dependence because we have to understand that sheep are the 183 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.440 most dependent animal that exists in the world today. In 184 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.120 the Western world, there's not many shepherds like you know, 185 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:35.639 if I was, if I was to ask all the 186 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.279 people in the United States, who's a shepherd? There wouldn't 187 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:39.799 be too many, right, Yeah, maybe. 188 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:44.159 Up in the northern part of the US maybe, or 189 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:46.919 you know, like you know, Montana, the Dakota's or something. 190 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:52.120 But but anybody who's living in David's time, they understood 191 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:55.519 very intricately the relationship between a shepherd and sheep. So 192 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:57.360 in the first verse when it says the Lord is 193 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:59.279 my shepherd, I have all that I need. 194 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.399 Maybe just back up, what is a shepherd? Oh? Yeah, 195 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:05.320 so just like step one, just so people understand. 196 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.320 Yeah, shepherd is the one who sits out with the sheep, 197 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:10.840 and he not only protects them, but honestly, they depend 198 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:15.759 upon the shepherd for protection. He protects them from wolves 199 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:19.960 and bears and lions, for guidance. He guides the sheep 200 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.120 a lot of times. You know what they'll do is 201 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.080 if you stay in one place too long, you could 202 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:28.720 actually graze a place to death and it'll be gone 203 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.759 for years. So you can't overgraze a certain spot. 204 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.159 Which is why they typically move from spot to spot 205 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:34.600 to spot. 206 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.639 That's right. So I read one time A Shepherd's Guide 207 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:40.360 to sal chapter twenty three that talked about how sometimes 208 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:43.279 in really barren areas and especially the northern part of Israel, 209 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:47.840 they would actually sometimes leave their house, their permanent dwelling, 210 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:50.240 and they would go on sometimes for six months. The 211 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:53.360 shepherd would be gone with the sheep, just because it 212 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.600 took that long to find places to graze that come 213 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.960 all the way back to where, you know, to where 214 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.080 you can actually re use the field that you started with. 215 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:04.360 So it's really interesting. So when it says the Lord 216 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:05.879 is my shepherd, I have all that I need, it 217 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:09.399 means that you know, there's no scarcity at all. Right, 218 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.039 And and you know sometimes when you see a sheep 219 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:15.480 and it has it's tagged or branded, you'll know the 220 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.279 quality of that sheep is a direct reflection on who 221 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.440 owns that sheep. Right, So if you belong to the shepherd, 222 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:24.159 then your chances are you're one of the sheep that 223 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.279 you see in the middle of the field that are healthy, 224 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.159 that are balanced, that are clean, that are not you know, 225 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:32.919 flea ridden or not ridden. Right. So even the opening 226 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:36.480 statement says, hey, my branding says I belong to the Lord. 227 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.600 I'm going to be a sheep that is well provided for, Right, 228 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.840 do you actually know the meaning behind he lets me 229 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.039 rest in green meadows. 230 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:47.039 Yeah, no, you got to explain that. 231 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.000 Did you know that sheep have to chew their cud, 232 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.120 and sheep cannot stand and chew their cut, so the 233 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:57.919 shepherd has to force them to actually lay down to 234 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:00.720 chew their cut. And that's the way that the digest. 235 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:03.080 And so when it says he makes me lay down 236 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:06.360 in green meadows, it's not a it's not a postcard image. 237 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:10.200 It is actually a purposeful image. It is it is 238 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:13.679 saying that, like, the shepherd knows what's best for the sheep, 239 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.519 even though the sheep may not know, right, So so 240 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:19.960 the shepherd has to sometimes force them because left to 241 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:23.000 their own devices, sheep may not lay down because they're 242 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:26.279 that dumb. They really are that dumb, the dumbest animal 243 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:29.080 that exists, right, So the shepherd has to force them 244 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.440 to lie down. In other words, the shepherd knows what's 245 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.039 best for them, even if the sheep don't know, so 246 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:39.039 he lets me rest in green meadows. This one is 247 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.440 actually common sense. He leaves, he leads me besides peaceful streams, 248 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.120 you know. 249 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.399 That, Chris, just to back up really quick. In the 250 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:48.279 King James version, it uses the word mate. 251 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:50.159 Yeah, that's right. He makes me lie down. 252 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:53.559 Which is more in line with what you're saying right now. 253 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:56.120 Right right, He forces me to lie down. Yeah, that's 254 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.159 that's what That's what the shepherd will do. He leads 255 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:01.679 me beside peaceful dreams. Did you know that shepherd sheep 256 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.120 are very poor swimmers and they're really just giant sponges. 257 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:08.519 Yeah, which makes sense, and so sheep. 258 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:11.519 Are definitely afraid of water. And so when it says 259 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.960 he leads me besides people's peaceful streams, even a shepherd 260 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:16.480 today will tell you that they'll get the crook of 261 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:19.120 their staff and then what they'll do is they'll use 262 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:23.360 it to divert water from a running uh you know, 263 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:27.639 stream to a stagnant pool, just so they can drink, 264 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.000 just so they could drink. Because sheep are deathly afraid 265 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:34.200 of going near running water because if they fall in, 266 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.919 they're gone. So the shepherd will actually you know, uh, 267 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:42.600 you know, create a peaceful bed of water for them 268 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.960 with the cook of their staff. 269 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.000 Chris, something that I get out of this that you 270 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:52.000 mentioned the fact that they graze and they have to 271 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:55.519 go from spot to spot. I think there's a message 272 00:14:55.559 --> 00:15:00.200 in that. Oftentimes I think we as God's creation. We 273 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.559 get comfortable on whatever step that we're in and we 274 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.320 just want to stay there and we want to run 275 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.879 it into the ground. And God may be telling you, hey, 276 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.000 it's time for you to move on and go to 277 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.440 the next spot. That's why you're so uncomfortable here. That's 278 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:17.159 why you're struggling in that spot or at that level. 279 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:19.879 You were supposed to move last year, move on to 280 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:23.440 the next spot, but you're stuck on this step. That's 281 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.639 why it's so difficult in this place. 282 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:27.480 Because this is the field I know. Yeah, this is 283 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.480 the field. I'm comfortable. 284 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.120 I know all the spots. It's comfy. I know it 285 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.480 like the back of my hand. So I'm just going 286 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:35.480 to stay here. And God is like, that's why it's 287 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:38.240 no longer fruitful for you. I intended for you to 288 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:39.639 move on like three months ago. 289 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:44.440 Yeah, God calls oftentimes God calls us to the next thing. Yeah, yeah, 290 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.159 that's really good. That's a great point when it says 291 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:52.159 he renews my strength. Actually, believe it or not. Emotional 292 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:58.080 support is actually a huge part of sheep, which is why, 293 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.360 by the way Jesus says in John chapter or whatever 294 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:05.320 it is, like thirteen or something, where Jesus says, the 295 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:09.320 sheep know my voice, right, because sheep will actually shiver 296 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.799 and terror hearing a stranger's voice. But you know, sometimes 297 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:14.639 when they bring a sheep back into the pen, the 298 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:17.440 shepherd will actually have to speak so that the sheep 299 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:20.960 will calm down. You know, he renews my strength. Only 300 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:24.159 the shepherd has the power to, you know, calm a 301 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:27.559 sheep down through the midst of just about anything. He 302 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:29.919 guides me along the right paths. Well, that's what the 303 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:32.759 shepherd does, right. You know, left alone as sheep will 304 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:35.039 go on the wrong path, the shepherd guides them in 305 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:35.600 their journey. 306 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:38.159 Now, Chris, let's back up for just a quick second. 307 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:41.519 You spoke about that the sheep would know the voice 308 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.200 of the shepherd. Yeah, how would the shepherd And there's 309 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.440 a point to this. How would the sheep know the 310 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.440 shepherd's voice. 311 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.240 They hear him. They spend time with them every day. 312 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.360 So spending time with the shepherd every day is the 313 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:59.200 key to knowing what the shepherd wants you to do. 314 00:16:59.320 --> 00:16:59.759 That's right. 315 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:02.320 So that's the I think the important point with us 316 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:05.960 and God. A lot of people think I need guidance, 317 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.440 I need direction, I know which way to go. Have 318 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:11.559 you been spending time with the shepherd. The shepherd will 319 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.400 tell you in his word whether to go left or 320 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.480 right or what to do. 321 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.160 But if we don't, if we don't know how to 322 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.000 hear God's voice, that's when we offer for God give 323 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.480 me a sign. 324 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:23.559 Yeah right, yeah, that's because. 325 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:26.000 We're like, just show me something crystal clear. Yeah, you know, 326 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:29.319 let me throw out the parameters God. Right, that's interesting. 327 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:31.759 And then when it says, even when I walk through 328 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:34.119 the darkest valley and the King James says, you know, 329 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:36.160 we're all familiar with the valley of the Shadow of Death, 330 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.119 it says, I would not be afraid because you are 331 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.519 close beside me, You're road and your staff protecting comfort me. 332 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:43.839 You think about this. Did you know that the valleys 333 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:46.640 are where the water is, so the water. 334 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.480 Always very fertile. 335 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:50.640 Yes, in the valley the water goes to the lowest point. 336 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:54.799 And if you ever are in Israel, ever, especially in 337 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:57.400 the northern park, because the green has more the southern 338 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:01.519 part has more greenery, but the northern part is very rocky, 339 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.559 and so you have to go down to the valley. 340 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:07.119 But guess what where the where the water is or 341 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:10.279 where the wolves are right, because why wouldn't the wolves 342 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.480 be there. 343 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:13.480 Yeah, they're going to congregate wherever the is. 344 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:16.519 And so when you walk down to the darkest valley 345 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:18.400 or the value of the shot of death, it means 346 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.759 that you're, as a shepherd, probably walking a flock of 347 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.119 sheep in between like two cliffs where wolves can be 348 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:29.279 waiting ready to pounce, right, and and and you're and 349 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.640 you're guiding your sheep down there to drink where the 350 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:34.160 grass is and everything else. Uh, and then what does 351 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.400 a shepherd have to do? A shepherd has to protect 352 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:40.000 the flock from all enemies, which means that's where you're 353 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.640 wrought and your staff come in, right, these are weapons. 354 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:45.039 And so you know, think about a sheep, a sheep 355 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:47.839 left alone to its own devices. Uh, you know, without 356 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:53.440 a shepherd, would would be so unbelievably afraid to go down, 357 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:56.200 uh you know, to get water. But you know, with 358 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:59.000 God there, it's it's really it's a it's a verse 359 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.839 about protection, that's what it is. 360 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:03.240 Now. I've heard a preacher say this before a long 361 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.920 time ago, using symbolism here, saying the shepherd, the rod, 362 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.880 and the staff are symbolic of the father, the son, 363 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.839 and the holy Spirit. Oh yeah, I've heard someone say 364 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.880 that a long time ago. 365 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.640 Yeah, yeah, I could. I could definitely see that, Yeah 366 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:20.880 for sure, because one guides, one disciplines, Yeah, all these 367 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:23.599 kinds of thing. Yeah, that's really good. And then when 368 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:25.079 it says you prepare a feech for me in the 369 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.599 presence of. 370 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.160 My enemies, Yeah, I love that verse. 371 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:31.920 Did you know that on a Shepherd's This this book 372 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.079 that I read, A Shepherd's Guide to Psalm chapter twenty 373 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:39.319 three talked about how every single verse talks about every 374 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:42.920 aspect of a shepherd caring for the sheep. And one 375 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:46.160 of the biggest jobs that is mentioned right here is 376 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:50.440 that actually, if you bring a sheep up to like 377 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:53.880 a field of clovers or just anything else, the sheep 378 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:56.720 will eat everything. So what a shepherd has to do 379 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.640 is has to stop the sheep, go up to the 380 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:03.480 field and literally all the poisonous weeds. Right. And meanwhile, 381 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:05.440 if it's in the valley, which is where they are 382 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:09.480 right now, you're talking about in the presence of your enemies. Right. 383 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:12.000 The enemies could be the weeds, it could be the poison, 384 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:14.720 but it could also be fighting off wolves while you're 385 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:17.640 doing it. Right, So in other words, the shepherd constantly 386 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:19.839 has to look out for the perils of the sheep, 387 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:23.640 both you know, in the wolves, but also the things 388 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:27.440 that are harmful for the sheep, and so preparing a table, 389 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:32.319 you know, for them is literally everything that you know. 390 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:34.000 Let's just say, if your wife would to prepare a 391 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:36.160 meal for you, or if you to prepare a meal 392 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:39.680 for your wife, you would do everything and then present 393 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:42.960 them you know, breakfast in bed for instance. Right, that's 394 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:46.200 essentially what the shepherd does for the sheep and says, 395 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:48.519 I've done all of this, so now all you have 396 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:52.440 to do is walk up and eat in peace, you know, 397 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:55.680 because I've taken care of all danger, both in plants 398 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.359 and in animals. 399 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:58.839 Yeah, that's awesome. Another way that I look at this 400 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:04.880 is how God essentially wants to show off his creation. 401 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.680