From Max Lucado

Another devotional that really hit home for me and brought some encouragement. :)  Hope it can help others here too. :)

--Crafter Dream
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Keep Your Eyes on the Shepherd

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:01 PM PST

The Lord is my shepherd—He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters.  Psalm 23:2

Keep your eyes on the Shepherd! The Shepherd of the 23rd Psalm.

In the second verse, David the poet becomes David the artist. His quill becomes a brush, his parchment a canvas, and his words paint a picture. A flock of sheep on folded legs, encircling a shepherd. Bellies nestled deep in the long shoots of grass. A still pond on one side, the watching shepherd on the other. “He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters” (Psalm. 23:2 NKJV).
Note the two pronouns preceding the two verbs. He makes me … He leads me …
Who is the active one? Who is in charge? The Shepherd. The shepherd selects the trail and prepares the pasture. The sheep’s job—our job—is to watch the Shepherd.