If, “Even as the Father sent Me, so also I send you,” (John 20:21; 17:18), then certainly as the LORD is our Shepherd we are called, in Christ, to be a shepherd to others; individually and especially as His Body.
When the world
looks at us, does it see the Father? Does it see the Good Shepherd living His
Life in and through His Body? Are we leading others into places of peace? Are
we walking with others through the valley of the shadow of death? Are we
preparing tables for others?
To be sure, the
crucifixion of Psalm 22 precedes Psalm 23; do we love our Lord Jesus? Will we
embrace His Cross and the rejection associated with it? When we know the
koinonia of His sufferings we are better able to walk with others through the
valley of the shadow of death – for we have been there before.
We are called to
be a blessing to all the peoples of the earth so that we may be the mature sons
and daughters of the Living God (Matthew 5:43 – 48). Is this not a grand time
to learn the ways of our Father and our Lord Jesus?
Psalm 23 is,
among other things, a call to Incarnational Mission. What does this look like
in my life? In your life? In the lives of our congregations?
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