{"id":617,"date":"2020-08-07T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T08:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=617"},"modified":"2020-08-15T08:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T08:43:29","slug":"your-good-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/your-good-shepherd\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Good Shepherd&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-618 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shep-woodcut.jpg?resize=140%2C131&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"131\" \/>The walk of faith is one of \u201choly suspense,\u201d trusting that God is on the other side of the next moment, \u201cpreparing a place for you\u201d (John 14:3). In the present, then, we live in unknowing dependence, walking by faith, not by sight. For \u201chope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he sees?\u201d (Rom. 8:24). This is the existential posture of faith &#8211; walking in darkness while completely trusting in God\u2019s daily care. Our task at any given moment is always the same &#8211; to look to God and to accept His will. This is where time and eternity meet within us, where God\u2019s kingdom is revealed in our hearts. Therefore Yeshua taught us: \u201cDon\u2019t be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow has its own troubles. Live one day at a time\u201d (Matt. 6:34). It makes no sense to worry about the future if the LORD is the Good Shepherd who tenderly watches over your way (Psalm 23:1).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yea, even if I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me&#8221; (Psalm 23:4). O God of Light, Light of the world, surely You know my need for light as I look to You, especially when darkness tries to extinguish my hope. Despite my inability to see you now, help me to know that you are with me; let &#8220;thy rod and thy staff comfort me&#8221; and lead me closer to you. Lord, when I am afraid, quicken the faith you have put within my heart.\u00a0 Be Thou my Shepherd in my darkness, O Lord my God&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/psalm23-4a-analysis.jpg?resize=541%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/psalm23-4a-analysis.jpg?w=541&amp;ssl=1 541w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/psalm23-4a-analysis.jpg?resize=300%2C281&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/psalm23-4a-analysis.jpg?resize=210%2C197&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-617-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/psalm23-4a-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/psalm23-4a-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/psalm23-4a-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who among you fears the LORD and hears (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e2) the voice of his Servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the Name of the LORD and rely on his God&#8230; I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them&#8221; (Isa. 50;10; 42:16).<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The walk of faith is one of \u201choly suspense,\u201d trusting that God is on the other side of the next moment, \u201cpreparing a place for you\u201d (John 14:3). In the present, then, we live in unknowing dependence, walking by faith, not by sight. 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