As I was reading through Psalms the other night, I came to what is probably the most well-known chapter of the book -- Psalm 23. My mind immediately goes back to my preschool days when we were to recite this in chapel every morning before school. From then on, I could say it for memory...only in a kid-ish, monotone voice. So when I had happened upon it again, I thought that there must be more to these verses since I have found that to be true for all of the "cliche" scriptures I learned as a child.
So I decided to translate it into what it means to me now that I have a better understanding of the way God speaks to us through His word.
Ahem...
v. 1 - The Lord presides over me, so He is going to provide absolutely everything I could ever want or need.
v. 2 - Amidst the troubled world we live in, He will put us in peaceful, quiet times in order to focus on Him.
v. 3 - He guides us down the right path, placing the certain people and places in our lives so that we might share His name with others and bring glory to Him.
v. 4 - We are daily thrown into the darkness of sin and worldly pleasures that ultimately lead to eternal death, but we have nothing to fear -- God's already won this battle for us.
His guidance and control over our lives is comforting because we do not have to do it ourselves.
v. 5 - When we are faced with trials and temptations, He places the truth, different blessings, and eternal life right before us to remind us what we have in Him.
We are heirs to the kingdom. Our riches are overly abundant.
v. 6 - Goodness will surround us throughout our entire lives if we follow Him until we reach our ultimate goal of Heaven.
Of course, who knows what those beautiful lyrics of David's actually meant, but I'd like to think that's pretty close. It's comforting to me at least. :)
