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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
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.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life, and I shall dwell
in the house of the Lord forever.
Pslam 23 (ESV)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34 (NIV)
The Ark of the Covenant was a physical reminder for the people of God’s everlasting promise (his covenant to them) to dwell among the people forever.
Chesed – God’s lovingkindness; God’s faithful action over time. God’s mercy and unconditional love. His “covenant loyalty;” his divine love and promises over time.
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his [CHESED] covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV)
I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (NIV)
Is the Lord your shepherd?
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
John 14:1-3 (NIV)
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I [Jesus] give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
John 10:27-29 (NIV)