Have you ever noticed the pronoun shifts in Psalm 23?
Have you ever noticed that God leads us into places that make us come alive [green pastures], places that give us peace and rest [still waters], and places that restore our soul, yet we are the ones that walk into the valley of the shadow of death?
Have you noticed that God prepares the table, but it's our enemies?
And have you ever noticed that even though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death and that they are our enemies we are shown that we do not need to fear either circumstance?
And if we don't have to fear the valley and if we don't have to fear being surrounded by our enemies then we simply do not need to fear. God is with us in the beautiful places, God is with us in the peaceful places, God is with us in the valley, God is with us among our enemies, God is with us at all times.
Fear leads us into the valley, but subtracting fear brings us goodness and mercy. Fear creates enemies, but subtracting fear leads us to the house of the Lord.
Our culture all too often tries to convince us that we need to fear, need to fear this people or this religion or this sub-culture. But God tells us that we need not fear.
+ How have you walked into the valley but been saved by the savior?
+ How can you let go of the fear that the world tries to convince you that you need?
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