Date: May 29, 2020 at 1:34 AM CDT
Topic: +DEV+ In Green Pastures

In Green Pastures

“Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.” Mark 6:3

Scripture Focus: Psalm 25:4-10

Until I was twelve, I lived on a small farm along the Dry Fork creek, 8 miles north of Salem Missouri. We loved to sit on the front porch in the evening, hear stories, and eat a bite or two of food. We tended Cattle, sometimes they would be lying close around the fences. When grazing was sparse, we led them to better pastures.

The shepherds of ancient Israel often contended with one another for the best grazing land. David’s psalm references green pastures because that’s what a shepherd was looking for a place that would bring sustenance and comfort to his flock. David’s words help us think of God, our Shepherd, as doing something similar for us. Generations after David wrote the “Shepherd’s Psalm,” the Good Shepherd Himself went out to a hillside, and thousands flocked around Him.

He had them sit down in the green grass so He could not only feed them that day, but also could impress upon them that He was the Bread of Life, the very nourishment their souls were looking for.

Insight: If you are to have the strength for life’s rugged journey, come to the green pastures of God’s sustaining Word. Feed from it daily!

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