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"He makes me to lie down in green pastures.' Psalm 23:2 NKJV
Let us take a further look at Psalm 23. It's a well-known fact in the farming world, sheep will not lie down, unless four requirements are fulfilled:
(1) Free from fear
(2) Free from tensions
(3) Free from the torment of parasites
(4) Free from the need to find food
Therefore, they need to be at peace. Anything that startles them or what they perceive to be a danger, they will avoid at all costs. They need to be secure, loved and wanted. Any wild animal will spark a great fear within them and their stubbiness to lie down will be ever-present.
They must be free from tensions and strife. Any little thing such as this, will cause them to be difficult to handle. Sheep, understandably, suffer from parasites. Out in the fields all day can open them up to this torment. It aggravates them. And some sheep become quite hungry and may go looking for food from other fields. This opens them up to threats of attack and being lost.
Think about this and consider it in your life. After-all, we are God's sheep and can have similar struggles. Definitely, we can become stubborn, thinking that we know best. Some of us don't like taking orders from leadership and resent them being this way. Like the real sheep, we may find it difficult to lie down in green pastures. Some of us can't rest and become fidgety quite a lot. We may huff and puff, adding to the tension and aggravating other people too. Complaining soon follows in such conditions and, like the early Israelites in Moses' day, moan and groan about whatever is happening around us. Instead of complying, we tend to be stubborn.
God has done amazing things to ensure that we are comfortable and free from any of these problems. He wants us to lie down and be at peace; and He has addressed and taken care of any stumbling blocks in our way. So, don't you think that we need to reciprocate?
If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:
Lord Jesus, I have sinned
I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen'
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