God as Shepherd

Pastor Bill Bush · Jun 1, 2026

In Psalm 23, King David — writing as an aging king facing overwhelming opposition from his own son — moves through three scenes (green pasture, dark valley, and feasting table) to show that genuine worship is far more than singing songs of gratitude. It is an act of daily surrender and trust: trusting God with our needs, trusting Him through our valleys, and trusting Him with our future. The psalm's journey from talking about God to talking to God reveals that valleys are not dead ends but the very places where faith deepens from informational and transactional to intimate and powerful.

Pastor Bill Bush · Sep 13, 2020

Drawing from Psalm 23:1, Pastor Bill teaches that worry is like a fog — unhelpful, unreasonable, unhealthy, and unnecessary — because at its root, worry is an attempt to control life apart from God. The antidote is not mere positive thinking but a genuine surrender to Jesus as Lord. When the shepherd truly is our Lord, we can trust that He provides everything we truly need: guidance, protection, redemption, and even the sure hope of eternity — making worry, even the fear of death, lose its power over us.