Psalm 23:4 (ESV) — 4 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.
NOTE: The
"shadow of death" is literally deep darkness or gloom. These are
depressing periods of life when things, circumstance, people do not go the way
we would like. We all know the feeling in the pit of our stomach, the ache, the
sense of something not right. It is a natural part of life, and probably a
natural part because of the fall. God's promise is that we don't have to fear
during those times, which is a natural reaction to gloom and despair, to fear
and worry. God is with us during the darkest moments. He brings a rod and a
staff. The rod to correct, and the staff to pull us back. His correction is not
for our pain but for our good. Although all pain feels like it can only hurt.
Paul writes in 2 Corinthians
4:17–18 (ESV) — 17 For this light
momentary affliction (Ed. do they ever really feel light or momentary?) is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory
beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to
the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the
things that are unseen are eternal. God is with us, the pain will not
last forever; take heart my soul.
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