WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.720 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:06.480 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:13.439 practical ways. You know, I just realized that Rollin has 4 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:17.199 us wearing those headphones you yeah, yeah, and if you're 5 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:20.039 watching on video, it is so not accurate. Yeah, we 6 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:22.920 need a new role in for sure. So hey, welcome 7 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:25.480 to The Bible Guys. My name is Chris, this is Wesley, 8 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:28.160 and we are feeling well. He's filling in for Jeff, 9 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:30.359 and we are glad to be here and we've had 10 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:30.839 a good time. 11 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:31.480 This has been fun. 12 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:33.799 This has been a great week and uh and some 13 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.880 great content honestly, honestly goodness. So hey, we're gonna jump 14 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.240 right into our segment. Desiree has given us the uh 15 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.320 sort of like the taboo, which she calls guess the word, 16 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:47.000 And if you're watching online, then we're gonna put this 17 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:50.000 on the screen, not the word that he's trying to 18 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.840 get me to say, but rather the word that you're 19 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:55.439 not allowed to say, because that's really the key. And 20 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:57.039 in a lot of ways, this is harder for you 21 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:59.840 than it is for me. Yeah, yeah, because you have 22 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:01.399 to you have to, you have to say, get me 23 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:03.200 to say the word without saying the keywords. 24 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:06.760 Okay, are you with me? All right? So I'm making 25 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:07.719 sure I got this right. 26 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.040 Yeah, So he's just now saying it because we don't like. 27 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:13.200 Yeah, we don't preview, we don't stuff, so it's it's 28 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:14.000 on the fly. 29 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.040 It's always on the fly. So I will, I will 30 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.840 do my best, buddy, So go ahead and uh, get 31 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:20.799 me to say the first word. 32 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:24.200 Okay, here we go. So I'm going to say the word, 33 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:28.200 but I can't say the italicized words. No. 34 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:29.680 No, no, you can't say the word. You have to 35 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:30.560 get me to say the word. 36 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:34.439 Okay, so I can say the italicized word no. Oh, 37 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:35.879 So this is going to be difficult. 38 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.560 Then yes, that's the point. So you can't say any 39 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.640 of the talisized words, but you can say anything you want. 40 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:42.560 For instance, let me just say this, so let's just 41 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:46.640 say the word is uh uh batman? 42 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:47.120 Yeah? 43 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:48.920 Right, And then and then I'm not allowed to say 44 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.079 Robin or Batman, Bill or superhero or superhero. I'll say, 45 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.480 I'll think of a clever way, and I'll say I'll say, 46 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.599 Michael Keaton played this, yeah, this role, okay, right in 47 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.680 a growley voice or something like that, right. Yeah, I'll 48 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.079 find a clever way for you for you to say Batman. 49 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.240 Yeah, I got it. Okay, Number one, yep, I think 50 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:09.919 I got these. This is gonna be good. I can 51 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:16.840 I can explain. Well, so number one, Yes, domicile, domicile. 52 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:24.159 I think that's it should be the right. Oh, say 53 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:29.039 more things, mansion, mansions. I just thought of that one 54 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:31.439 in Heaven mansion yeah. 55 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.680 Uh, and domiciles an r V right. 56 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:41.319 I can't say, Okay, let's. 57 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:47.039 Say mansion is okay, a house, a castle, h. 58 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.520 A tiny cabin shack. 59 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:58.280 A tiny cabin is a sha shack? Is is also 60 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:05.240 a cave cabin hut tent? Oh? 61 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:11.240 Yes? Dwell? Wow, yeah, dwell. That one was so domici 62 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.080 could be wrong, but I thought that was a word 63 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.719 for like house. Someone's gonna correct me in the comments 64 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.240 on YouTube. I need to look that up than I 65 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:22.719 should have looked it up before I said it. 66 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.560 Yeah, well, I'll tell you what that is. Uh. Dwell 67 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.159 is hard, yeah, because it's not a word that we 68 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:32.599 use in vocabulary anyway. Yeah, like I don't. I don't 69 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:36.120 say dwell except for when I read the Bible. I think, yep, 70 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:39.719 that's funny. Okay, yeah, let's go to the next one. 71 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.479 This one should be easy, I think. So you know 72 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:50.039 those old watches that people would use now they they 73 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.039 would used to tell time, think oh during Greece. 74 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:58.400 Yeah, yeah, you're thinking of with the shadows? 75 00:03:58.439 --> 00:03:59.400 That was it? Shadow? 76 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:03.479 What I was thinking of that? I was thinking about 77 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:05.759 the actual strug. What is that watch called? 78 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:07.960 I don't know what the name of it is, but 79 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.599 the one it kind of shows normally it's not a watch, 80 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.879 but it's like a device that kind of shows. I 81 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:16.160 can't think of the name for it. 82 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.480 And I said shadow. That's hilarious. 83 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:20.399 But shadow, that's that's number two. 84 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:23.040 Okay, we forgot to say what couldn't you say in 85 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:23.560 the first one. 86 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:25.800 I couldn't on the for the first one, for dwell, 87 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:31.160 I couldn't say live, home, house, reside, or abode. For shadow, 88 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:34.519 I couldn't say dark, light, shade. 89 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:46.040 Sun image. Okay, okay, So the next one stream stream, river, I. 90 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:55.319 Nope, stream a Norwegian fjord. 91 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:58.920 I don't even know what you just said. I don't 92 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:08.959 even know what you just said. A river stream, uh. 93 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:15.040 The bottom of a fjord. And so think of Norway. 94 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:22.000 If a boat was going to dock in Norway, you 95 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.759 would go into a fjord to a bay and to 96 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.920 a well, what's the bottom of the fjord? 97 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:32.000 Oh, my goodness, the. 98 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:34.319 It would be. 99 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:37.839 This is the hardest we've ever done, ever had. 100 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:40.560 See, this isn't accurate. When I was going to say, 101 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:45.000 think of the Suez Canal, but this, that's not accurate 102 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:49.560 for what I'm trying to But you get the concept 103 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.199 the Suez Canal like. 104 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.399 A channel. It's it's it's. 105 00:05:55.399 --> 00:06:00.160 Yep, you're yeah, yeah, I give up. 106 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:03.160 Let's just listen valley valley. 107 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:06.160 I was trying to get where something's on both sides. 108 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.040 So a fjord is just kind of like a you 109 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:11.160 know how the coast of Norway is. It has those 110 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:13.959 huge dips in there and you can kind of go 111 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:15.000 into the fjord. 112 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:17.759 I would have just said the something of the Shadow 113 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:18.160 of Death. 114 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:21.519 But could I oh yeah, I could have. Yeah, I 115 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:22.279 could have said. 116 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.240 That one, couldn't you say on valley. 117 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:28.800 Hild Mountain, lily down river. So I was trying to 118 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:33.600 think fjord like the bottom of the fjord. You no, 119 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:36.040 you said river, Yeah, you said river? 120 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:37.079 Yeah, all right. 121 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:46.759 Grazing sheep field, super. 122 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:52.079 Close field the grass meadow super close. 123 00:06:52.720 --> 00:07:00.120 Uh, it's in a way this is not it, but 124 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:03.240 in a way, it's something that you do to milk. 125 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.120 Like if you milk the cow and got the milk, 126 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.000 you probably wouldn't just drink the milk. 127 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:12.480 You would harvest the milk. 128 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:13.519 What to the milk? 129 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:17.399 You would pasturize? 130 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:21.759 Yes, pastor, I was like, what kind? 131 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.120 Okay? Okay, okay. 132 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:27.759 And the last one this ties directly into and all 133 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.680 of these tied directly into the scripture for today. The 134 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:36.439 last one is and for pastor, I couldn't say filled cow, green, 135 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:42.199 metal or new. That was pastor. Okay. So for the 136 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:48.000 next one, someone that carries a big stick. 137 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:49.639 Shepherd. 138 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:54.040 Yep, you got it. That was the easiest way I 139 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:55.360 could think of for that one. 140 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:59.920 Yeah, it's called a sundial. 141 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:01.279 That's what it is. 142 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.680 Okay, sendial, Yeah she is. That should have been easy, right. 143 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:07.000 Yeah, Now, Chris, you're going to make me do this 144 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:09.959 live right here, because I'm going to look up that 145 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.360 word because I want to know what the meaning is. 146 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.600 Well, you do that and I will. 147 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.600 And that is incorrect. I think I gave a word. 148 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.680 Oh no, yeah. It is treated a specific country as 149 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:27.000 a permanent home. So the tenant is domiciled in the US. 150 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:30.160 So I was close, I was in the ballpark. Okayeah, okay, 151 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.360 I just wanted to verify that I didn't say something bad. 152 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.159 And everyone's like, right. 153 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:39.039 Right, okay, So let's move on to the scriptures. That 154 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:42.360 was interesting. Yeah, it was a very hard thank you desiree. 155 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:43.320 But it all ties in. 156 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:47.879 Yes, it all does because we're pausing from the story 157 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.440 of David right before David and Goliath. Yeah, because David 158 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:54.879 wrote Psalm chapter twenty three. So let's read the six 159 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:56.600 verses and let's dive right into it. 160 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:01.679 Yeah. Psalm's twenty three says, the Lord is my shepherd. 161 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:04.960 I have all that I need. He lets me rest 162 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.840 in green metals. He leads me beside peaceful streams. He 163 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:13.960 renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing 164 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.919 honor to his name. Even when I walk through the 165 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:20.519 darkest valley, I would not be afraid, for you are 166 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.639 close beside me, your roding, your staff protect and comfort me. 167 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:28.080 You prepare a feast for me in the presence of 168 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:31.919 my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. 169 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:36.639 My cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing 170 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:39.279 love will pursue me all the days of my life, 171 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.960 and I will live in the House of the Lord forever. 172 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.200 As I'm reading this, I keep wanting to flip to 173 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:46.840 King James version, I will dwell in the House of 174 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:47.519 the Lord forever. 175 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:47.759 Right. 176 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.279 Yeah, So, you. 177 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:54.440 Know, it's interesting this is this is probably my it's 178 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.519 it's my far my favorite psalm. 179 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.519 Probably one of the most known for. 180 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.879 Uh yeah, and it's read at funerals. But what's interesting 181 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:05.559 about it is is that you know, we read it 182 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:08.759 at funerals because you know, there's postcard images of you know, 183 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.360 resting in green meadows and peaceful streams and then dwelling 184 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:14.799 in the House of the Lord forever, and you know, 185 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:16.879 and it also mentions the value to show to death. 186 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:19.720 But yet, if you really think about the meaning behind 187 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.159 this parable, it's not really meant for funerals at all. 188 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.799 I mean, not even close. It's actually a sham of 189 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.120 dependence because we have to understand that sheep are the 190 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.480 most dependent animal that exists in the world today. In 191 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:34.200 the Western world, there's not many shepherds like you know, 192 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:35.679 if I was, if I was to ask all the 193 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.320 people in the United States. Who's a shepherd? There wouldn't 194 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:39.080 be too many, right. 195 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:43.320 Yeah, maybe up in the northern part of the US maybe, 196 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:46.960 or you know, like you know, Montana, the Dakota's or something. 197 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:52.159 But but anybody who's living in David's time, they understood 198 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.120 very intricately the relationship between a shepherd and the sheep. 199 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:57.279 So in the first verse when it says the Lord 200 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.320 is my shepherd, I have all that I need. 201 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.440 Maybe just back up, what is a shepherd? Oh? Yeah, 202 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:05.000 so just like step one, just sole understand. 203 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:07.360 Yeah, shepherd is the one who sits out with the sheep, 204 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:10.840 and he not only protects them, but honestly, they depend 205 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:15.799 upon the shepherd for protection. He protects them from wolves 206 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:20.000 and bears and lions, for guidance. He guides the sheep 207 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:22.159 a lot of times. You know what they'll do is 208 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.159 if you stay in one place too long, you could 209 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:28.799 actually graze a place to death and it'll be gone 210 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.799 for years. So you can't overgraze a certain spot. 211 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:34.200 Which is why they typically move from spot to spot 212 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:34.639 to spot. 213 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.440 That's right, And so I read one time A Shepherd's 214 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:39.799 Guide to sal chapter twenty three that talked about how 215 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:42.759 sometimes and really barren areas and especially the northern part 216 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:47.159 of Israel, they would actually sometimes leave their house, their 217 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.200 permanent dwelling, and they would go on sometimes for six months. 218 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.960 The shepherd would be gone with the sheep, just because 219 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.440 it took that long to find places to graze that 220 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.759 come all the way back to where, you know, to 221 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.080 where you can actually reuse the field that you started with. 222 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.399 So it's really interesting. So when it says the Lord 223 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.919 is my shepherd, I have all that I need, it 224 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.440 means that you know, there's no scarcity at all. Right, 225 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.080 And and you know sometimes when you see a sheep 226 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:15.519 and it has it's tagged or branded, you'll know the 227 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:18.279 quality of that sheep is a direct reflection on who 228 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:21.480 owns that sheep. Right, So if you belong to the shepherd, 229 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:24.200 then your chances are you're one of the sheep that 230 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.320 you see in the middle of the field that are healthy, 231 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.200 that are balanced, that are clean, that are not you know, 232 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:32.960 flea ridden or not ridden. Right. So even the opening 233 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:36.519 statement says, hey, my branding says I belong to the Lord. 234 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.639 I'm going to be a sheep that is well provided for, Right, 235 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:43.879 do you actually know the meaning behind he lets me 236 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:45.080 rest in green meadows. 237 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:47.080 Yeah, no, you got to explain that. 238 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.039 Did you know that sheep have to chew their cud, 239 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.159 and sheep cannot stand and chew their cut, so the 240 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.960 shepherd has to force them to actually lay down to 241 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.759 chew their cut. And that's the way that they digest. 242 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:03.120 And so when it says he makes me lay down 243 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:06.399 in green meadows, it's not a it's not a postcard image. 244 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:10.200 It is actually a purposeful image. It is it is 245 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:13.720 saying that, like, the shepherd knows what's best for the sheep, 246 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.559 even though the sheep may not know, right, So so 247 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:20.000 the shepherd has to sometimes force them because left to 248 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:23.039 their own devices, sheep may not lay down because they're 249 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:26.320 that dumb. They really are that dumb, the dumbest animal 250 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:29.120 that exists, right, so the shepherd has to force them 251 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:31.480 to lie down. In other words, the shepherd knows what's 252 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.080 best for them, even if the sheep don't know, so 253 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:39.080 he lets me rest in green meadows. This one is 254 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:42.480 actually common sense. He leaves, he leads me besides peaceful streams, 255 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.159 you know. 256 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.440 That, Chris, just to back up really quick. In the 257 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:48.320 King James version, it uses the word mate. 258 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.200 Yeah, that's right. He makes me lie down. 259 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:53.600 Which is more in line with what you're saying right now. 260 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:56.320 Right right, He forces me to lie down. That's that's 261 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:59.320 what that's what the shepherd will do. He leads me 262 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.320 beside peaceful Did you know that shepherd sheep are very 263 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:05.120 poor swimmers and they're really just giant sponges. 264 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:08.480 Yeah, which makes sense, and so sheep. 265 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:11.559 Are definitely afraid of water. And so when it says 266 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.000 he leads me besides people's peaceful streams, even a shepherd 267 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.519 today will tell you that they'll get the crook of 268 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:19.159 their staff and then what they'll do is they'll use 269 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:23.399 it to divert water from a running uh you know, 270 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:26.000 stream to a stagnant. 271 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:28.240 Pool, just so they can drink, just so they. 272 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.840 Could drink, because sheep are definitely afraid of going near 273 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.720 running water because if they fall in, they're gone. So 274 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.559 the shepherd will actually you know, uh, you know, create 275 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.399 a peaceful bed of water for them with the crook 276 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:44.000 of their staff. 277 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.039 Chris, something that I get out of this that you 278 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.039 mentioned the fact that they graze and they have to 279 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.559 go from spot to spot. I think there's a message 280 00:14:55.559 --> 00:15:00.240 in that. Oftentimes I think we, as God's creation, we 281 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.600 get comfortable on whatever step that we're in, and we 282 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.360 just want to stay there and we want to run 283 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:08.919 it into the ground. And God may be telling you, hey, 284 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:11.039 it's time for you to move on and go to 285 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.480 the next spot. That's why you're so uncomfortable here. That's 286 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:17.200 why you're struggling in that spot or at that level. 287 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:19.919 You were supposed to move last year, move on to 288 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:23.440 the next spot, but you're stuck on this step. That's 289 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:25.679 why it's so difficult in this place. 290 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:27.480 Because this is the field. I know. Yeah, this is 291 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.519 the field. I'm comfortable. 292 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.159 I know all the spots. It's comfy. I know it 293 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.519 like the back of my hand. So I'm just going 294 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:35.519 to stay here. And God is like, that's why it's 295 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.279 no longer fruitful for you. I intended for you to 296 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:39.679 move on, like three months ago. 297 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:44.480 God calls oftentimes God calls us to the next thing. Yeah, yeah, 298 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.200 that's really good. That's a great point when it says 299 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:52.200 he renews my strength. Actually, believe it or not. Emotional 300 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:58.120 support is actually a huge part of sheep, which is why, 301 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:00.720 by the way Jesus says in John chapter whatever it is, 302 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:05.919 like thirteen or something, where Jesus says the sheep know 303 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:10.000 my voice, right, because sheep will actually shiver and terror 304 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:13.200 hearing a stranger's voice. But you know, sometimes when they 305 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:15.159 bring a sheep back into the pen, the shepherd will 306 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.440 actually have to speak so that the sheep will calm down. 307 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:21.720 You know, he renews my strength. Only the shepherd has 308 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.320 the power to, you know, calm a sheep down through 309 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.320 the midst of just about anything. He guides me along 310 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.840 the right paths. Well, that's what the shepherd does, right. 311 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:33.120 You know, left alone as sheep will go on the 312 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:35.639 wrong path, the shepherd guides them in their journey. 313 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.200 But now, Chris, let's back up for just a quick second. 314 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.559 You spoke about that the sheep would know the voice 315 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.240 of the shepherd. Yeah, how would the shepherd? And there's 316 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.480 a point to this. How would the sheep know the 317 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:48.480 shepherd's voice. 318 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.279 They hear him. They spend time with them every day. 319 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:55.399 So spending time with the shepherd every day is the 320 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:59.240 key to knowing what the shepherd wants you to do. 321 00:16:59.360 --> 00:16:59.799 That's right. 322 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:02.320 So that's the I think the important point with us 323 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.000 and God. A lot of people think I need guidance, 324 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:08.480 I need direction, I know which way to go. Have 325 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:11.559 you been spending time with the shepherd. The shepherd will 326 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:14.319 tell you in his word right, whether to go left 327 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.559 or right or what to do. 328 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.200 But if we don't, if we don't know how to 329 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.039 hear God's voice, that's when we offer for God give 330 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.559 me a sign. 331 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:23.880 Yeah right, yeah, that's because we're like. 332 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.400 Just show me something crystal clear. Yeah, you know, let 333 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:29.359 me throw out the parameters god, right, Yeah, that's interesting. 334 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:31.759 And then when it says, even when I walk through 335 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:34.160 the darkest valley and the King James says, you know, 336 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:36.200 we're all familiar with the valley of the Shadow of Death, 337 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:38.160 it says, I would not be afraid because you are 338 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:40.559 close beside me, You're road and your staff protecting comfort me. 339 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.880 You think about this. Did you know that the valleys 340 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:46.680 are where the water is, so the water. 341 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.519 Always very fertile. 342 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.680 Yes, in the valley the water goes to the lowest point. 343 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:54.839 And if you ever are in Israel, ever, especially in 344 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.440 the northern park, because the green has more the southern 345 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.839 part has more greenery. Yeah right, but the northern part 346 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:04.000 is very rocky, and so you have to go down 347 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:06.319 to the valley. But guess what where the where the 348 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:09.599 water is or where the wolves are right, because why 349 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.519 wouldn't the wolves be there. 350 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:13.519 Yeah, they're going to congregate wherever the is. 351 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:16.519 And so when you walk down to the darkest valley 352 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:18.440 or the value of the shot of death, it means 353 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.799 that you're, as a shepherd, probably walking a flock of 354 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.160 sheep in between like two cliffs where wolves can be 355 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:29.319 waiting ready to pounce, right, and and and you're and 356 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:31.680 you're guiding your sheep down there to drink where the 357 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:34.200 grass is and everything else. Uh, and then what does 358 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:36.400 a shepherd have to do? A shepherd has to protect 359 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:40.039 the flock from all enemies, which means that's where you're 360 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.680 wrought and your staff come in, right, these are weapons. 361 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:45.079 And so you know, think about a sheep, a sheep 362 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:47.920 left alone to its own devices. Uh, you know, without 363 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:53.480 a shepherd, would would be so unbelievably afraid to go down, 364 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:56.240 uh you know, to get water. But you know, with 365 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:59.720 God there, it's it's really it's it's a verse about protection, 366 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.880 That's what it is. 367 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:03.279 Now. I've heard a preacher say this before a long 368 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.960 time ago, using symbolism here, saying the shepherd, the rod, 369 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:10.920 and the staff are symbolic of the Father, the Son, 370 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:13.839 and the Holy spirit. Oh yeahh I've heard someone say 371 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.920 that a long time ago. 372 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:17.759 Yeah, yeah, I could. I could definitely see that, Yeah 373 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:20.920 for sure, because one guides, one disciplines, Yeah, all these 374 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:23.640 kinds of thing. Yep, that's really good. And then when 375 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:25.759 it says you prepare a feech for me in the presence. 376 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:27.200 Of my enemies, Yeah, I love that verse. 377 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.960 Did you know that on A Shepherd's This this book 378 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:34.119 that I read, A Shepherd's Guide His Home chapter twenty 379 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:39.359 three talked about how every single verse talks about every 380 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.960 aspect of a shepherd caring for the sheep. And one 381 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:46.200 of the biggest jobs that is mentioned right here is 382 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:50.440 that actually, if you bring a sheep up to like 383 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:53.880 a field of clovers or just anything else, the sheep 384 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:56.759 will eat everything. So what a shepherd has to do 385 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:58.680 is has to stop the sheep, go up to the 386 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:03.519 field and literally all the poisonous weeds. Right. And meanwhile, 387 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.480 if it's in the valley, which is where they are 388 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:09.480 right now, you're talking about in the presence of your enemies. Right. 389 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:12.000 The enemies could be the weeds, it could be the poison, 390 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.759 but it could also be fighting off wolves while you're 391 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:17.680 doing it. Right, So in other words, the shepherd constantly 392 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.880 has to look out for the perils of the sheep, 393 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:23.680 both you know, in the wolves, but also the things 394 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:27.480 that are harmful for the sheep, and so preparing a table, 395 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:32.359 you know, for them is literally everything that you know. 396 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:34.039 Let's just say, if your wife would to prepare a 397 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:36.200 meal for you, or if you to prepare a meal 398 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:39.720 for your wife, you would do everything and then present 399 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:43.039 them you know, breakfast in bed for instance. Right, that's 400 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:46.240 essentially what the shepherd does for the sheep and says, 401 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:48.519