Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

¹The Lord is my shepherd, I shall lack nothing. ²He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, ³He restores my Soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake, ⁴Even 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. ⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ⁶Surly goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

*`Rod` represents the authority of God& power of his word.

In David’s day there was comfort in seeing the rod in the shepherd’s hands.

1. The `ROD`-can be seen as God’s word. A protection from the wild &crazy ideas of the world.
2. The `Rod` is most often used for correcting & training the sheep.
3. Shepherd's Rod is used to examine and count the sheep. (Ezekiel 20:37)
   Psalm 139:23, 24 "Search me, O God, and know my…
4. The Shepherd's Rod is a tool of protection for both himself and the sheep.
5. The "staff" is a symbol of the concern a Shepherd has for his sheep.
   It is a symbol of the Spirit of God.
   1. Staff is a support & comfort.
   2. Staff is used to draw sheep together
   3. Staff is used to catch individual sheep for close examination.
   4. Staff is used for guiding sheep gently. John 16:13
   5. Staff is used to express closeness with a sheep.
   6. Staff is used to pull out a sheep that has fallen into a mess/hole

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