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Day 8: He Makes Me

Psalm 23:2 — “He makes me lie down in green pastures…”

The first thing we read about what the Shepherd does is an interesting start to the 23rd Psalm.

He makes me…

At first glance, the phrase almost sounds forceful, but the Hebrew paints a gentler picture. The verb (rabats) means “to cause to lie down,” “to settle,” or “to rest.” It isn’t coercion; it’s the loving work of a good shepherd who knows how to create the conditions in which sheep can relax.

Phillip Keller, in A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, notes that sheep generally will not lie down unless four needs are met: they must be free from fear, free from friction with other sheep, free from pests and free from hunger. Only then will they rest.

How much like sheep we are.

When anxiety, conflict, temptation or worry fill our thoughts and hearts, true rest escapes us. We become restless. We keep moving—not because we have somewhere to go, but because we can’t settle down.

I used to ask God to remove my difficult circumstances. But I found that He often chooses, instead, to become peace in the midst of those troubles. He doesn’t command me to rest; He shepherds me into it.

Spiritual rest is not something we manufacture. It’s something we receive. Jesus echoed this when He said,

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Notice that He said, “I will give you rest.” The Shepherd provides what the sheep can’t make for themselves.

Isaiah 26:3-4
“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.”

Our world glorifies busyness as though constant activity were a badge of honor. Yet the Shepherd measures life differently. He knows that exhausted sheep are vulnerable sheep. Ask yourself today: Have I been trying to produce my own peace or have I been resting in the Shepherd’s care? Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is simply trust Him enough to lie down.

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