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The Goodness of God in Scripture
What does it mean that the Lord is our shepherd, and how should this give Christians comfort today? In this message from Psalm 23, David Platt points us to the ways that Psalm 23 highlights the goodness of God and Jesus Christ as the good shepherd who has laid down his life for his sheep. When we realize Who is leading us through life’s dark valleys, we can be confident in his salvation and provision through every trial.
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You are listening to Radical with David Platt, a weekly podcast with sermons and messages from pastor, author and teacher David Platt. There's so much here and we could spend days together in this psalm, but let's just. Let's move through it together, just word by word, phrase by phrase. So, starting in verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd. So maybe, if you haven't already, maybe circle Lord there and remember whenever you see the word Lord, capital L, small caps, o or D, like this this is Yahweh in the Old Testament. So that actually takes us all the way back to something else we read in our Bible reading recently in Exodus, chapter 3. So you can turn there or maybe just make a note Exodus, chapter 3, verses 14 and 15. So it all goes back to the moment when God spoke to Moses in a burning bush. And God told Moses he was going to deliver his people out of slavery which they'd been in for 400 years. God was going to bring them into a promised prosperous land. God was sending Moses to lead them. And Moses asked God who will? I tell this? People sent me. And this was God's response. Exodus 3, verse 14. God said to Moses I am who I am. And he said say this to the people of Israel I am has sent me to you. God also said to Moses say this to the people of Israel, I am has sent me to you. God also said to Moses say this to the people of Israel the Lord. So there it is. The God of your fathers, abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob has sent me to you. This is my name forever. Thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. So this is when God revealed himself to Moses and his people as the Lord. So that's Yahweh, right there. Same word we're reading in same name for God. We're reading in Psalm 23. And it's based on the Hebrew verb for to be, which is what's translated. I am here in Exodus, chapter 3.
Speaker 1:And basically, just to contrast this, you see God mentioned numerous times. That's the Hebrew word Elohim. So that's a more general name for God. But Yahweh is a more personal name for God, referring to how he came to his people to deliver them, to save them, to personally bring them out of slavery into the promised land. And this name for God, yahweh, is used 6,000 different times in the Old Testament. That's over about three times as many as we see Elohim mentioned, which is awesome just to think about.
Speaker 1:So now bring this back to Psalm 23. When David looks at God as his shepherd, he says the Lord, the personal, saving, delivering God, who loves his people and brings his people into good land, he is my shepherd. Now circle my there, isn't it interesting? I don't know how many of you may have noticed how many times do we see the first person pronoun in Psalm 23? Let's just count them.
Speaker 1:So go back to Psalm 23, verse one the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness. For his name's sake, 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. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows. Surely. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Speaker 1:I think, if I count right, 17 different times. And the point is clear. David is saying the Lord is not just a shepherd, he's my shepherd, like for me personally, which immediately leads me to ask every person in this gathering right now is this Lord your shepherd, like personally where you're sitting right now? Do you know the Lord Yahweh, the everlasting God, who was and is and is to come, the I am. Do you know him as the personal shepherd of your life? And the good news of the Bible is that you can know God like this, like God, the Lord wants to be your personal shepherd, and not just like you can know God this way, like he wants you to experience Him every day in this way.
Speaker 1:So now, what does that mean for Him to be our shepherd? Well, one thing it means is I shall not want. Now. That raises all kinds of questions, though. Right, because there's all kinds of things we want all the time, like we want better health, better bodies, better relationships, better jobs, we want good grades, more money, more peace, more rest, we want a vacation, we want an end to war, like. The list of things we want goes on and on.
Speaker 1:And when you think about it, this psalm is clearly not saying that every sense of want goes away with the Lord as your shepherd, because the psalmist wants still waters, restored soul, help in the valley of the shadow of death with his enemies. He wants to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. And that's the point. The Psalm's not saying I'll never want anything again. Instead it's saying with the Lord as my shepherd, I have no lack. Some translations actually even say that I have no lack Because I have the Lord who promises to provide for me no matter what I walk through, which obviously doesn't mean God will give you everything you want. We know that would not be good. What parent in this gathering thinks it's good to give their kids every single thing they want? No parent does, because every parent knows that some things kids want are not good for them.
Speaker 1:We're talking about the all-wise Lord of all. It's the everlasting, supernatural, all-powerful, all-wise, perfect source of all. That is good. If he is your personal shepherd, what more do you need? That's what this verse is saying. If I have him, I have everything I need and want, no matter what this world brings my way. I have the one who made me to provide for me, which leads into all these things he does. He provides food and green pastures, drink and still waters. Keep in mind that for sheep, pastures and waters are not just to look at, they're for provision, and the fact that he makes me lie down there and leads me to walk beside them makes clear that his provision is plentiful. And then so here's one of the things I saw this week that I've never seen before. So we've already seen how the Lord is a reference back to Exodus, chapter 3, when God promised to lead or shepherd his people out of slavery into the promised land. Well, check this out.
Speaker 1:Let me show you some other connections with the rest of the Bible and specifically with that Exodus story. So in Deuteronomy, chapter 2, verse 7. So you might just write that down Deuteronomy, chapter 2, verse 7. God's people are about to enter the promised land. It's been 40 years since the Exodus because of the disobedience of God's people after they came out. But 40 years later, moses says watch this these 40 years, the Lord Yahweh, your God, has been with you and you have lacked nothing. That's the exact same phrase we read in Psalm 23, verse 1, which makes you start to wonder. Okay, wait a second. I shall not want same phrase in Deuteronomy 2.7.
Speaker 1:Is David viewing his life through the lens of the Exodus? You start to dig a little deeper. Check this out In Exodus, chapter 15, so there's another one Exodus, chapter 15, verse 13. So this was our Bible reading this last week. Once God's people came out of Egypt, god leads them through the Red Sea. They sing a song of praise to God. And look at what they sing in Exodus 15, verse 13. They sing you have led in your steadfast love the people you have redeemed. And look at what they sing in Exodus 15, verse 13. They sing you have led in your steadfast love the people you have redeemed. You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. You see any language there that reflects Psalm 23? You lead me, you guide me. And then this word abode here is the exact same word that David uses in Psalm 23, verse 2, that is translated pastures. It's the exact same word. Exodus, chapter 15, verse 13.
Speaker 1:So then I start diving in even deeper here, like, wait a minute, what's going on here? Because the whole Exodus narrative is a part of the law, which is the first five books of the Old Testament Genesis through Deuteronomy, which Moses wrote. The whole Exodus story is a picture, like a microcosm, of God restoring people to himself. When you go all the way back to the very beginning of the Bible, everything was perfect between God and man before sin entered the world. So look at Genesis, chapter 2, verse 15. It says the Lord Yahweh, god, took the man, put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the phrase that's translated, put him here, is actually, if you dive in deeper, it basically means put him to rest in the garden, a place where he would experience rest in relationship with God. And that's important because in the very next chapter, genesis, chapter three, man and woman disobey God and they're removed from the garden and the rest they had in relationship with God.
Speaker 1:But then you fast forward to the last book in the law, deuteronomy, and you know how God describes the promised land he brings to them, brings them to Look at Deuteronomy, chapter 12, verse 9, right before they go into the land. For you have not yet come to the rest and the inheritance that Yahweh, your God, is giving you when you go over the Jordan and live in the land that Yahweh, your God, is giving you to inherit, when he gives you what Rest? Both of these words rest are the same as we see in Genesis, chapter 2, verse 15. So I'll draw it here. It's almost like there's bookends in the Bible. Here and in Genesis, chapter 2, we see a picture of rest in relationship with God. Then in Deuteronomy, chapter 12, we see this picture of God restoring his people to rest and the Exodus story is bringing them to that. So you say, well, why are you telling all of this to us now?
Speaker 1:Well, when David writes Psalm 23, watch this. He talks about how God leads him besides still waters. And you're never gonna guess what word he uses. That's translated still here. It's the same word that's used for rest in Genesis 2.15 and Deuteronomy 12.9. Same word. And he does all of this for his name's sake, which we see over and over again in the story of the Exodus. How God's doing this for his glory.
Speaker 1:And just in case you're not convinced that David's thinking about the Exodus, when he writes Psalm 23 later in Psalm 78, look at this. It says, starting in verse 52, talking about the Exodus God led out his people like sheep. He led them like sheep. He guided them in the wilderness like a what? Like a flock. As a shepherd, he led them in safety so that they were not afraid. I will fear no evil. The sea overwhelmed their enemies, prepared a table for me in the presence of my enemies.
Speaker 1:The whole point is, when David's writing Psalm 23, he's saying what God did for his people way back then. He does for me every single day, and I'm showing you this well for many reasons, one of which is I want to show you, I want you to know right where you're sitting, for all who trust in the Lord as your shepherd, the same God who delivered his people from their enemies out of slavery in Egypt. The same God who split the Red Sea in half. The same God who shepherded them through the wilderness, gave them bread from heaven, water from rock, so that they lacked nothing. The same God who delivered them from fear and brought them to rest. This is the exact same God who, tomorrow morning, when you wake up, will be your shepherd, your shepherd. Same God for you, and this same God, same Lord, your shepherd, promises to lead you and guide you and restore you and satisfy you and provide for you in every moment, in every way you need. The same Lord is your shepherd.
Speaker 1:Then, okay, I gotta show you one more thing. So if you have a Bible I wanna turn here. You can go to Mark, chapter six. Otherwise, I got to show you one more thing. So if you have a Bible I want to turn here. You can go to Mark, chapter six, otherwise I'll have it on the screen.
Speaker 1:But, and I should add, I realized what I'm showing you is not like just super obvious. Upon reading this Psalm, I'm not guessing most of you were like oh yeah, that's, that's totally Genesis 2.15 and Deuteronomy 12.9. That's amazing, like I don't think it's like that automatic. Which is why I would encourage you might mention this last week if you don't have a study Bible, I would encourage you to get a study Bible. I would highly recommend the ESV study Bible. It's basically just a Bible with notes at the bottom that helps make some of these connections for you. And then if you notice in your Bible all those little letters and references to the side, those are called cross references. The whole point of them is to kind of lead you to other places to see the connections in the Bible and to see how it all fits together. So you can always go there just kind of on your own and look for stuff and then at the same time you still won't see everything that's there, which is why it's so important to get together with other brothers and sisters in Christ, open the Word, be taught the word, and I hope that in a setting like this, you never come into a setting like this here or anywhere else to hear what some person on a stage thinks about life. Like the last thing you need to do is come on a Sunday morning to hear what David Platt thinks about life. It would be a waste of your time. But you come, you gather together in a setting like this and somebody shows you not what they think, but what God has said. It's gonna bring life Because it's here. So this is the power. This is what I love about preaching. I don't have to make anything up, I just have to open it and tell you what it says, and the word does the work. So, anyway, all that to say, let me show you this In Mark, chapter six, so verse 31,.
Speaker 1:In Mark, chapter six, so verse 31, mark. This is right after Mark tells us a story about King Herod so an evil leader, an evil shepherd, hosting a banquet of death for John the Baptist. So evil shepherd, banquet of death for John the Baptist. Right after that we see these words Jesus says to his disciples come away by yourselves to a desolate place and what? And rest. Okay, rest a while. So Jesus calls his followers to a place of rest. So they get into a boat, they go to a place of rest, but when they arrive there there's crowds who followed in there.
Speaker 1:So Mark tells us this about Jesus in verse 34. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd and he had compassion on them because they were like what? Sheep without a shepherd? Huh, that's interesting, sheep without a shepherd. So what does Jesus do when these sheep without a shepherd are hungry? Well, verse 39 says or sorry, verse 39, where did it go? Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 1:Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the what? On green pastures, huh. So they sat down in groups by hundreds and by fifties and, taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people and he divided the two fish among them. All I have. Oh sorry, here we go. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up 12 baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. That's interesting, they had no lack, they were overflowing.
Speaker 1:I had not even seen this, like Mark 6, is pointing us to Psalm 23 and is telling us Jesus is the Lord, he is the shepherd who came to satisfy us to the point of overflowing fullness. It's saying here what John 10, 10, 11 makes even more explicit, where Jesus says I have come that they might have life and have it to the what Full. I am the good shepherd, are you serious? I am One of eight specific times where Jesus intentionally makes an I am statement, meant to identify himself with the I am of Exodus, chapter three, verses 14 and 15,. Who's the good shepherd of Psalm, chapter 23.
Speaker 1:Don't you love how the Bible just fits together. I'm studying this this week and I'm like. This is Psalm 119, 162. I rejoice at your word, like one who finds great spoil. There's just spoil, there's treasure, there's goodness. It's waiting for you and me every morning, evening, afternoon, whenever we open up this word. There's spoil here. And just to make the connections. So the Bible is the voice of our Good Shepherd speaking to us.
Speaker 1:John 10, 27. Jesus says my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me. So how does God lead us and guide us and restore us? How does he do that? He does it through his word, through his voice. This is Psalm 19, which we also read in our Bible reading recently. The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. What revives restores our soul.
Speaker 1:Psalm 23,.
Speaker 1:It's the law of Yahweh, the word of God. It's the testimony of Yahweh. It's sure. It makes us wise. Precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoice in the heart. The commandment of the Lord, of Yahweh, is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The rules of the Lord are true and righteous. Altogether More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold. This word is better than money. It's better than money. We're running after money in this culture, run after this word. It's better. It's better than gold, even a lot of it. Sweeter than honey and drippings of the honeycomb, better than the nicest food you could taste. It's better. Moreover, buy them, as your servant warned, and in keeping them, there is not just reward, there's great reward. Do you see this? Where is the sweetness and the reward of the Lord? Is our shepherd found? It's found in his words. These words are life. This book is life. This is how God, our maker, leads us, guides us, restores us, feeds us, comforts us, protects us from fear, satisfies us, brings us to reward in himself through his word.
Speaker 1:There's no way we're getting through all Psalm 23,. Even at this pace, alright, let me just walk through this last part quickly. Even at this pace. So all right, let me just walk through this last part quickly. There's so much here. So verse four, verse four Did anybody notice or make a note how, in the first three verses, david talks about the Lord as his shepherd, but in verse four, there's a shift and David talks to the Lord as his shepherd.
Speaker 1:Did you notice that, instead of he does this, he does that? For the first time, he uses the word you, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Like things just went to a whole other level as far as intimacy with the Lord as shepherd, when what happened when he walked through suffering. This is where we come to the midpoint of this psalm, like, right in the center is this confession of faith no matter what this world brings me, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. What a statement. Because, let's be real, there is a lot to be afraid of in this world People who can hurt you, things that can happen to you darkness that can overwhelm you. This psalm, the Bible, never glosses over those realities. It's not a fairytale world. This is a world of valleys that lead you to wonder am I gonna make it through it all? And it's so interesting the way this Psalm describes just let this word soak in walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Walking through darkness, because I don't know about you, but I prefer to run through darkness.
Speaker 1:I think about when I was a kid I'll draw this up here. We used to visit my aunt and uncle. They lived in one house and there was this big field and then next door to them, across the big field, was my grandparents' house. So they were side by side All day long. When the sun was out, we would run and play in all kinds of ways in that field. So they were side by side All day long. When the sun was out we would run and play and all kinds of ways in that field. So many great memories, no fear. But at night we'd be hanging out having dinner over here, my aunt and uncle's house. My dad would say, hey, would you go over to granddaddy's and get this or that to bring over here? And my heart would sink as I would slowly walk out this door and look across that dark terrain. During the day was a field of delight, but now, when it was dark, it was a field of danger filled with I don't know what monsters just waiting to get me.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you as a kid what I would not do. I would not like walk, just whistle and take a stroll through the darkness. No, as soon as I mustered up enough courage to take the first step, which took a while, from that point on I was Usain Bolt. There is no question in my mind, those moments were the fastest I've ever run in my entire life. That was a all out sprint. But do you know what would make that journey completely different? If my dad was walking with me. I felt no need to run. If I was right beside my dad. It's the only way I could walk. How do you walk through the valley of the shadow of death? You know that he is with me, you are with me. That's the difference and that's the encouragement from this psalm for so many of you today who are walking through a dark valley right now, maybe like some people I know and love, who are sitting in hospice at home in the valley of the shadow of death. And they know they're not alone in that hospital hospice bed. We're in a hospital bed.
Speaker 1:We were talking in our church group this last week about George who, I've mentioned, had a seizure one night. Seizure one night led to doctors finding a massive brain tumor that led to almost immediate surgery. Before surgery, george was sharing a room with another man facing a similar diagnosis and this man was as scared as he could be. He was shaking, he was crying at the prospect of what this might mean for him, how he might die. Sitting right next to him was George with a piece that was actually leading doctors to say to George do you understand what's happening? And George is like I'm okay, because when you have the Lord who conquered death with you in a hospital bed, you have no reason to fear and open all kinds of doors to share the gospel with this man over here. I think about Wayne Fajito in the hospital this last week. Doctor, going through his chart, says I think you're gonna be okay. Wayne stops him. Says with a smile on his face Doc, I know I'm gonna be okay, no matter what your chart says. Yes, god, raise up people across this church family who know and who share the good news. You can be free from all fear when the Lord is your shepherd with you. Whose watch this, whose rod and staff comfort you. So what's going on here Like rod and staff?
Speaker 1:This verse makes me think about whenever my family is having that conversation. Like okay, if you were alone on a deserted island, you can only have three things. What would you have? And I'll tell you what my family always says. Every one of us always says the exact same first thing. You know what it is. First thing everybody says is Todd Peters. Every one of us will say, well, first I'd choose Pastor Todd. So for those of you who don't know, our retired Navy SEAL pastor out at our Prince William location, there is no question, he's the first person we would all say we want, including my wife, and I'm totally fine with that because I know the best chance of my wife getting off that deserted island alive is not with me on that island. We would be stuck and die there. No question, I want Todd there to help her get back to me and my kids. So we all say the whole game just Todd, and then two things. Okay, which two things in addition to Todd. So I joke, but this is what's happening in Psalm 23. It's the Lord and two things, his rod. So don't think like walking stick. Like look at Psalm chapter 2. Pretty sure it's verse 9.
Speaker 1:Talks about the Lord wielding a rod of iron to dash the nations in pieces. Like this is a weapon for offense to defend you against enemies, which again is Exodus language. We don't have time to turn there, but go to Exodus, chapter 15, verses three through seven, and you see the Lord is a man of war who fights for his people. And then so you got a rod to fight for you. And then you have a staff here to steer and keep sheep from going in the wrong direction, which is really interesting when you think about these two together. Like we, as sheep, need God to protect us from enemies and to protect us from ourselves, from the doubts that creep in the temptations we all have to wander. We need both.
Speaker 1:One writer, david Gibson, wrote an excellent book called the Lord of Psalm 23 that I would highly recommend. He said some of us want Jesus to protect us from our enemies with his rod, but we don't want Jesus to protect us from ourselves with his staff. We don't realize that our greatest enemy is oftentimes ourselves, our own sinful hearts that are prone to think the grass is greener somewhere else, outside away from our shepherd walking our own path. You know what? My favorite word, though, is in verse four. Out of all this, I think my favorite word, at least this week, is through. Just let that soak in.
Speaker 1:When the Lord is your shepherd, you can know when you come upon dark valleys and even the shadow of death itself. You are just passing through those dark valleys, and death itself will not be the end of your story, because you're with the shepherd who died on the cross for your sin, and the enemy thought he had conquered Jesus, but three days later Jesus looked at the enemy and death itself in the face and said I am just passing through. So, no matter how dark it gets in your life, no matter how dark it gets, with the Lord who conquered death as your shepherd, you can know, no matter what this world brings you this year, you're just passing through valleys, you're just past. They're not the end of your story, which leads to him preparing a feast in the presence of your enemies. Like how frustrating would that be for an enemy to see you like pass the filet, mignon, like what is what?
Speaker 1:An image Anointing my head with oil, my cup overflowing, like it's just pouring out. There's so much here. Maybe one day I can share more, but suffice to say today I personally praise God for how he has used people who have tried to harm me to actually lead me to greater joy in him than I ever would have experienced otherwise. He's prepared for me a table to feast in ways that my cup today feels overflowing and ways it never has before. That's what the shepherd does, which leads to the last verse where we'll close Surely like mark it down, guaranteed, no question, goodness, the goodness of God and the mercy of God.
Speaker 1:So we've talked about this word before. This is hesed, hesed, there's no real English word that can capture it. It's like mercy and kindness and goodness and sacrificial love and loyalty and faithfulness all wrapped into one word. And this Psalm says mark it down goodness and mercy from God shall follow me. Now that word follow. Don't get the picture here of just kind of lagging behind us. Now that word follow. Don't get the picture here of just kind of lagging behind us. This word is an active, all-out pursuit, like think when I saw Heather and decided I'm going to pursue her. And there were obstacles in the way, most notably another guy that was not going to stop me from active, all-out pursuit. So whenever she turned around from him she would see me right there.
Speaker 1:And this psalm is saying that's what God does with his mercy and goodness for you. They're running after you, they're not lagging behind you, they're pursuing. One translation says to pursue you as if to capture you, overtake you and picture. This is the Bible says over and over every morning there's new mercy just waiting for you, waiting to be poured out every moment when you walk through that trial, know God is there with new mercy for that trial. In that moment, for every single moment, you can't get away from the goodness and has said mercy of God.
Speaker 1:I'm assuming there are maybe many of you today who, if you're honest, you've been wandering from God or you feel pretty distant from God right now and I just want you to hear God saying in his word he's pursuing you right now with his goodness and mercy. He's brought you here even to this moment, to hear God saying to your heart right now. You here, even to this moment, to hear God saying to your heart right now, I'm running after you, you say, well, but I've done this. That's the whole point. It's mercy. It doesn't matter what you've done. He's running after you because of who he is, not because of what you've done.
Speaker 1:And for all who realize this, for all who receive from the Lord, your shepherd, goodness and mercy, your shepherd, goodness and mercy, you shall dwell. Live in the house of Yahweh forever. Like I just wanna circle it a million like forever. Like. None of us deserve that. All of us have sinned against the Lord. All of us are foolish sheep who just picture it, think we know better than the shepherd what's good for us. We wander into wolves, we wander into isolation. We wander our own way.
Speaker 1:And the good news of the Bible is that God is a shepherd who comes running after us In the person of Jesus. Who said John, chapter 10, verse 11, I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Jesus has laid down his life. He's died on the cross for your sin. He's laid in a tomb and praise God. He was just passing through. He has risen from the dead so that anyone, anywhere, no matter who you are, no matter what you have done, if you will turn from your sin and yourself and trust in Jesus as Savior and Lord of your life. He will restore you to the Lord as your shepherd, now and for all of eternity.
Speaker 1:Check this out. One last place. Listen to how the Bible just so happens to describe heaven in Revelation, chapter 7, verse 17. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne, for the lamb in the midst of the throne talking about Jesus, the Passover lamb from Exodus, chapter 12,. The lamb will be their what Shepherd and he will guide them to springs of living water and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Speaker 1:Yes, do you know Jesus as your shepherd, the Lord as your shepherd? If not, why not? Why not? The Lord wants to guide you to springs of living water, today and tomorrow, and forever. Return from your sin yourself. Trust in Him as your shepherd, today and when you do, and for all who know the Lord as your shepherd today and when you do, and for all who know the Lord as your shepherd, then listen to his voice every day. Why would we nod? Why would it feel like a chore or a box to check? To listen to the voice of the shepherd who loves us? No, this is life. This is guidance to springs of living water on a daily basis. So open it up, meditate on it, soak it in and then walk with the Lord as your shepherd. We hope you've enjoyed this week's episode of Radical with David Platt. For more resources from David Platt, we invite you to visit radicalnet.