Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

Tag: Psalm 23
In His House Forever

In His House Forever

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But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 

II Samuel 12:23  

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.  

Psalm 23:6 

What foundation did David have with which to comfort himself after the death of his son? His rationale was, ‘I shall go to him.’ If we look at other statements he makes in other passages, we discover that David’s foundation was Christ. If we read the 23rd Psalm, we find Christ at the beginning as David’s Shepherd. The New Testament describes Christ as the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd. Because David had been a shepherd, he knew the job well. Therefore, when he came to describe Christ as his Shepherd, he could speak eloquently of all Christ did for him. He spoke of how Christ led him, fed him, guided him, guarded him, removed his fears by his Presence, meeting every need. His conclusion points toward eternal life. He says, ‘I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.’ David understood his future. When his son died he did not sorrow as one who has no hope. He looked forward to the day when he would reunite with him in the house of the Lord forever. His foundation for hope in eternal life and his reunion with his departed son rested wholly and solely upon the Person and work of Christ, his Shepherd. 

Our Gracious Master and our God,| 
we rejoice that You are our Shepherd. 
We praise You that because You are, 
we shall not want in life, in death, or in eternity. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
In His House Forever

In His House Forever

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But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 

II Samuel 12:23  

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.  

Psalm 23:6 

What foundation did David have with which to comfort himself after the death of his son? His rationale was, ‘I shall go to him.’ If we look at other statements he makes in other passages, we discover that David’s foundation was Christ. If we read the 23rd Psalm, we find Christ at the beginning as David’s Shepherd. The New Testament describes Christ as the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd. Because David had been a shepherd, he knew the job well. Therefore, when he came to describe Christ as his Shepherd, he could speak eloquently of all Christ did for him. He spoke of how Christ led him, fed him, guided him, guarded him, removed his fears by his Presence, meeting every need. His conclusion points toward eternal life. He says, ‘I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.’ David understood his future. When his son died he did not sorrow as one who has no hope. He looked forward to the day when he would reunite with him in the house of the Lord forever. His foundation for hope in eternal life and his reunion with his departed son rested wholly and solely upon the Person and work of Christ, his Shepherd. 

Our Gracious Master and our God,| 
we rejoice that You are our Shepherd. 
We praise You that because You are, 
we shall not want in life, in death, or in eternity. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
‘You Are With Me’

‘You Are With Me’

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‘You Are With Me’

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4

David had a well-formed theology which was powerfully practical.  Throughout his life, from his encounters with the lion, the bear, Goliath, and a host of enemies, he often passed through ‘the valley of the shadow of death.’  By the grace of God, he survived all those encounters.  Ultimately, David came to the place, as an old man, when he took his final walk through, ‘the valley of the shadow of death.’  This ‘walk’ would only end in one way.  Like all those who had gone before him, he would die.  Yet the same promise of the Presence of Christ, His Shepherd, held good in that last hour as it had in all the other passages.  It is even so for us.  Many of us have walked ‘through the valley of the shadow of death.’  We have found ourselves threatened by circumstances well beyond our control, which had they varied only slightly, would have been the end of life.  Through all those, Christ has been as good as His Word.  He has been with us, as our Shepherd in ‘the valley of the shadow of death.’  Eventually, like David, we will come to the valley one last time.  For us, Christ will be as good as His Word.  He, who has walked with us every step of the way, will give us the sense of His Presence in the last hour, He has been with us, is with us now, and will be with us as we take our last walk through the Valley.

Our most Kind and Loving Savior,
we rejoice that You walk with us through the valley of the shadow of death.
We praise You, that when we take our final journey,
that You will be with us then, as You have been, every step of the way.

 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

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