You Make Me Lie Down In Green Pastures Analysis
41. You Make Me Lie Down 14 February 2012
I love the song “You make me lie down in green pastures” by Don Moen. It's been stuck in my head ever since I heard it at a concert.
“He makes me lie down” (Psalm 23:2). There’s a secret in this verse we often rush past.
The Israelites who read this Psalm when David wrote it almost 1,000 years before Christ, would have known from experience how hard it is to get a sheep to lie down.
Keller writes that if a sheep is to lie down, he needs to feel absolutely secure. There is a lot of tension in a flock. Friction among the sheep can be caused by rivalry, competition and an ever present fear of the unknown. Sheep also need to have full stomachs or else they’ll be constantly on the move.
So, for King
I love the song “You make me lie down in green pastures” by Don Moen. It's been stuck in my head ever since I heard it at a concert.
“He makes me lie down” (Psalm 23:2). There’s a secret in this verse we often rush past.
The Israelites who read this Psalm when David wrote it almost 1,000 years before Christ, would have known from experience how hard it is to get a sheep to lie down.
Keller writes that if a sheep is to lie down, he needs to feel absolutely secure. There is a lot of tension in a flock. Friction among the sheep can be caused by rivalry, competition and an ever present fear of the unknown. Sheep also need to have full stomachs or else they’ll be constantly on the move.
So, for King