MY GREEN PASTURES BIBLE THOUGHT: Psalm 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. One Morning in Zurich as I was hurriedly dressing to begin a full and thrilling day I felt pain in my back. I mentioned it to my Boss but was sure it would soon pass away. However, she insisted I see a physician, and he put me in a hospital. In the hospital I was very unhappy. I had no time to be wasting there in bed. My calendar was full of good activities and the doctor had told me to cancel all my appointment for at least a month. A dear minister friends of mine came to see me. He sat down & very firmly said, I have only one thing to say to you-He maketh me to lie down.... Lay there thinking about those words in the 23 Psalm long after my friend had gone. I thought about how the shepherd starts the sheep grazing about 4 Oclock in the morning. The sheep walk steadily as they graze; they are never still. By 10 Oclock, through sun is beaming down & the sheep are hot, tired & thirsty. The wise shepherd knows that the sheep must not drink when it is hot, neither when its stomach is filled with undigested grass. So the shepherd makes the sheep lie down in green pastures, in a cool, soft spot. The sheep will not eat lying down, so he chew his cud, which is natures way of digestion. Today, if you can study the lives of great people, and you will find everyone of them drew apart from the hurry of life for rest and reflection. Great poems are not written in the midst of clamoring multitudes; our billions of God come when we stop. The Psalmist said, Be still, and know that I am God (Psalm 4h:10). Like Elijah found God, not in the earthquake or the fire, but in a a still small voice. Moses saw the burning bush as he was out on the hillside. Saul of Tarsus was on the lonely, quiet road to Damascus when he saw the heavenly vision. Jesus took time to be alone and to pray. This is perhaps the most difficult thing for us to do.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:51:31 +0000
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