By Martin Morrison
This is one of our top devotions of 2020 published on the 25 March 2020. Find the full article here
Psalm 23:1 – 6
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.
I read a wonderful article on The Gospel Coalition Africa website called “Christ, COVID-19 and the Christian” by Daniel Gachuki from Nairobi, Kenya. I would strongly encourage you to go and read the whole article; it will lift your soul and mind. Let me glean some key thoughts from his article. He is quite brilliant. He quotes from Psalm 23 and says that sometimes the good Shepherd graciously leads his sheep in difficult places. Some dark and dreary places. Gloomy places where death feels imminent and despair is near inevitable. These are the chilling circumstances of life. It would be a grave error to suppose that Christians won’t find themselves in gloomy places together with the rest of the world. But it is equally true that the Christian is safer than them all. The never-ending presence of our good Shepherd emboldens us to say, defiantly, that we will fear no evil…Keep Reading