The Wilderness

Becoming a People of Ears

March 17, 2024

Main Scripture: Psalm 23

Additional Scriptures: Romans 5:3-4, John 10:14-16, Isaiah 50:4

POINTS:

• The heritage of God’s people is a Wilderness Experience with Him.

• God is our Guide in the Wilderness, our Shepherd.

• The Negev desert is hard living, this is where we know the Shepherd.

• The Wilderness is where God builds His people.

• God forms and reforms our ears in the wilderness because the Shepherd leads His sheep with His voice.

• Are you a person of words or ears?

• God is personal; the Lord is my Shepherd.

• God is our defender. The staff is used to protect His sheep.

• God teaches us in the Wilderness how to go from tuft to tuft so that we can say I lack no good thing.

• The Shepherd comforts us and teaches us how to say “Even though” in the shadow of difficult circumstances.

• The shadows eventually break and give way to still waters and green pastures. It’s either here or in heaven, but it is ours in Christ.

• Our Guide will prepare a celebration for us when we make it to the Promised Land.