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Restore My Soul: A Fresh Look at Psalm 23

Almost three thousand years ago a shepherd boy-turned-king wrote a psalm. You probably know it by heart. Psalm 23—six verses, 114 words, that begins, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want . . .”

This uncomplicated piece of poetry has brought more comfort, peace, and fulfillment to God’s people through the ages than almost any other passage in the Bible.

In profound simplicity it answers the deepest questions of a man whose heart belongs to God. Why do I stay at this Christian life? What are the benefits? What are the costs? The next time something difficult or a struggle to understand comes crashing down around you, what is it that keeps you clinging to your faith?

I asked some of my friends around the church, “Why is the Christian life worth living?” (It’s risky to be in the house when I’m working on a book. A good answer might just land you in an illustration. ?)

One friend said, “When I really see who God is, there’s no other choice than to bow the knee and live according to how He says I should.”

Another said, “It’s not that I don’t have options. And it’s not that the Christian life is just the best option out there. I follow the Lord because it’s the only option for an honest person to take.”

I think they get it.

Let me make a bold statement that I believe with all of my heart. The abundant, victorious, overcoming Christian life is so far superior to anything that a human being could ever experience that it’s really not worthy to be compared to anything.

That is, when the Christian life is lived to the fullest. I don’t mean the pseudo-Christian life, as in hanging around Jesus but not really knowing Him or the carnal Christian life when you’re living in sin, defeat, and guilt all the time. That’s a drag for sure. I also don’t mean the lukewarm Christian life where you’re on the fence and living sort-of-for-God but sort-of-for-yourself, too. That’s a hard life to live.

The Christian life lived to the fullest is to experience your Creator, to walk with Him, to abide in His Word—and that is what Psalm 23 is all about.

My hope in delivering this book to you is that you get a fresh, new take on this very old and trusted truth. I did and I’m living differently because of it.