Living free of anxiousness: Psalm 23, taking comfort in His careI. Psalm 23: A psalm for the living.

1. 23:1-Jesus fulfills the Shepherd’s role-beyond expectations. See John 10:11.

   1. David is credited for writing this psalm when he was young as a shepherd boy. He served his father Jesse as he watched over the sheep near Bethlehem.

   2. Psalm 19 also fits this category.

   3. Psalm 23 and 19are two psalms to cultivate in the people the heart of a“giant-killer.

2. Psalm 23:2 -Greek word of love is “agape”: means to lead like a shepherd and to rest. So, Jesus is perfect love who leads us to place our trust in him: our true rest. Waters in Hebrew: resting place. This is a place free of fear and worry.

3. Psalm 23:3-weary soul is human need; life is drained out of us. David fo ...