Daily Devotional by Max Lucado, Dec 16th

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado “the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks”   December 16 The Shepherd Leads   He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. Psalm 23:2 (NKJV)   In the second verse of the Twenty-third Psalm, David the poet becomes David the artist.  His quill becomes a brush, his parchment a canvas, and his words paint a picture.  A flock of sheep on folded legs, encircling a shepherd.  Bellies nestled deep in the long shoots of grass.  A still pond on one side, the watching shepherd on the other.  “He makes me to like down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.”   Note the two pronouns preceding the two verbs.  He makes me…He leads me…   Who is the active one?  Who is in charge?  The shepherd.  The shepherd selects the trail and prepares a pasture.  The sheep’s job—our job—is to watch the Shepherd.     From: Traveling Light Copyright (W Publishing Group, 2000) Max Lucado