Let's open our Bibles again to
Psalm 23. This well-known psalm begins, Jehovah-Reah. That's the title of the message,
the last of our study, The Names of Jehovah in Scripture. Jehovah-Reah. Now, the name Jehovah is not
spelled out in our text by the translators like it has been
in the other names of Jehovah that we've studied. But in the
original, the psalm begins, Jehovah Rea, Jehovah my shepherd. And we know this can refer to
no one but our Lord Jesus Christ. Scripture is full of references
to Christ being the shepherd. We read to open the service in
John 10. where our Lord calls himself
the Good Shepherd. In Hebrews 13, Paul calls our
Lord the Great Shepherd of the sheep. In 1 Peter 2, Peter calls
our Savior the Shepherd and the Bishop of our souls. In 1 Peter
5, Peter calls the Lord the Chief Shepherd. So it's clear the Lord
Jesus Christ is the Shepherd that David is referring to in
Psalm 23. And it's important to understand
that a real Shepherd It doesn't look anything like the vision
we have in our head. Normally when we think of a shepherd,
we all think of little boy blue. He's out living the easy life.
He's spending his day sitting under a shade tree playing the
flute while the sheep just graze around. It's very peaceful. There's
nothing to do. He just sits there in the shade.
A real shepherd is nothing like that. A real shepherd is practically
a warrior. He's always busy. You don't find
a shepherd sitting under a shade tree. He's always active. His eyes are never still. He's always watching for predators
or for thieves that would come and harm the sheep. And he's
brave enough, he's not going to blow his horn. He's brave
enough to by himself with just a stick or a sling go fight the
lion and the bear and the wolf that would come after his sheep.
That's who this psalm, that's the shepherd that this psalm
is talking about. And a real shepherd is a caring
man. The shepherd cares for the sheep
when they get sick. Other than human beings, sheep
get more sicknesses than any other animal in God's creation.
And when they get sick, it's the shepherd who cares for them.
He doesn't take them to the vet. He cares for them. And when they
stay out in the pasture all night, you know, sometimes they go out
to the pasture in the day, they come back to town to the sheepfold
at night. But sometimes they may stay out
in various pastures for days on end. And when they stay out
in the pasture, the shepherd sleeps right amongst the sheep,
right with them. He's always with them, keeping
them safe. And the shepherd gives the sheep names. He knows them. He's been with those sheep, so
he knows their personalities. He knows their quirks. He knows
all about them. And the sheep know him, too.
They know his voice. And they get scared when they
hear someone else calling. They know the shepherd's voice.
The sheep just feel better. when they know the shepherd is
nearby. Now that's the shepherd, that's the person that David's
writing this psalm about. And the position of Psalm 23
in scripture is very telling. The psalm of the shepherd comes
immediately after the psalm of the cross. My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? Dogs have compassed me, the assembly
of the wicked have enclosed me, they've pierced my hands and
my feet. I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon me,
they part my garments among them, cast lots upon my vesture." That's
the psalm of the cross. Immediately following that is
psalm 23. And the reason for that is there
can't be any green pastures or still waters of psalm 23 until
the psalm of the cross. My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? The bloody agony of psalm 22. must come before Psalm 23, before
the sheep can know the sweet care of the shepherd. Christ,
our shepherd, cannot be our shepherd until he's bought the sheep with
his own blood in Psalm 22. And Psalm 23 comes right before
Psalm 24. Now, that's not just a mathematical
truth. 23 comes before 24. The Psalm
of the shepherd comes before the Psalm of the king. The earth
is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Christ can't be our
shepherd who keeps the sheep and feeds the sheep and protects
the sheep unless he's the king. Now this psalm of the shepherd,
Psalm 23, must be the most read, most memorized portion of God's
Word. Many times a youth has memorized
this psalm, and this psalm has been such a comfort when that
youth has grown old. and lying on his deathbed. But
no matter how many times a psalm has been preached from, no matter
how many times it's been read, it's still not wore out. It's
just as fresh and sweet to the believer today as it was the
day that David wrote it. So Christ is the shepherd that
David writes about, and David compares himself and the rest
of the believers to sheep. Now sheep must be the most helpless,
weak, defenseless, foolish animals in God's creation. Well, that's
why David compares them to believers. We have that nature, the nature
of sheep. Now, we're not goats. Can't eat
tin cans and sticks and just anything. We're sheep. We're
not wolves who go off and hunt by themselves and live by themselves.
Believers are sheep. And sheep, because they're helpless
and weak and defenseless, they're not wild animals. You find goats
in the wild. You don't find sheep in the wild.
Sheep belong to somebody. Usually, the owner paid a pretty
good price to have that sheep, to own that sheep, so he takes
care of it. He provides for that sheep. This
is an investment. Jehovah Raya has bought his sheep
with his own precious blood. You can rest assured he's going
to provide for those sheep. He's going to care for those
sheep. He bought them. They belong to him. And you'll
notice, too, David doesn't say, the Lord is the shepherd. Although
that's true, he says something much more sweet than that. The Lord is my shepherd. My shepherd. Now, I know from reading Scripture,
Christ is the Savior of a number no man can number. And believe
me, That makes me worship before Him. To worship Him in awe of
His power. In awe of His love that He saved
so many. I worship. But my heart is overwhelmed
when I think that Christ is my Shepherd. He's my Savior. I am His and He's mine. I belong
to Him. Now that's comforting to me. belong to Him. That means the
Lord is responsible for me. I'm not responsible for myself.
I'm not responsible for my eternal well-being. My Shepherd is. And that gives me much comfort.
I belong to Him. My eternal well-being is His
responsibility. And because of Jehovah Ray, I
shall not want because of the character of Jehovah-Rev, I shall
not want. Now that applies, first of all,
to the needs of this life, the physical things of this life.
I shall not want. Now that does not mean I'll have
everything that I wish for. But it does mean I shall not
want. I won't be in want if I belong
to Jehovah-Rev. I've used this before. Spurgeon
talked about the old widow lady who sat down. She just had a
cup of water and a piece of bread. And she sat down, that was her
evening meal, to give thanks. And she looked at it and she
said, what? All this and the Lord too? She didn't starve. I shall not want. David said
in another place, I've been young and now I'm old, yet I've not
seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread. and you
won't either. I shall not want. I may be the
weakest of God's sheep, but I shall not want. I may be the dumbest
of God's sheep and wander astray from the shepherd, but I shall
not want. I may grow old and feeble, but
I shall not want. I won't have all that I wish
for, but I shall not want. I shall not want. because Jehovah
read, because the Lord is my shepherd. Now, if left to myself,
I'd be in want. If we had to depend upon ourselves
to provide for the things of this life, we'd go hungry. We'd
be in want. And if we had to provide for
everything that God requires in the next life, we'd be wanting. We'd be weighed in the balance
and found wanting if we had to depend upon ourselves. But Christ
our Shepherd will never fail, and no one in Him will ever be
wanting for anything that God requires. He'll provide for the
needs of this life, and the real blessing of this psalm is this,
I'll not want for any spiritual blessing, any. Think of any spiritual
blessing, any, you'll not want if you're a believer. restricts himself to eight in
this psalm, eight spiritual blessings. The first one is this, because
the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want for rest. He maketh
me to lie down in green pastures. Now, the green pastures are God's
word. And just like grass is the primary food of sheep, God's
word is the food for believers. Now, by nature, I don't have
any interest in God's word. My mom and dad drug me to church
as long as I can remember. And for most of that time, I
was a little guy. I had no interest. Just no interest. But, if I'm
one of God's elect, God's going to make me lie down in His Word. Well, now how's He going to do
that? Is He going to grab me by the scruff of the neck and just
shove me down and put His foot on me and hold me to the ground
so I'm laying in the green grass? No, sir. God's going to make
me lie down. and the green pastures of His
Word by making me willing. I'm made willing in the day of
His power. God's going to make me lie down
in His Word by giving me a nature that loves His Word, by giving
me a nature that desires His Word, and by giving me a new
nature that can only digest God's Word. This is the only food I
can digest now that I have a new nature. God's made me lie down
in it by giving me a hunger and a thirst for it. This right here
is the tender grass that feeds God's sheep, that gives us health
and enables us to grow. And there's not one thorn, there's
not one briar in this green grass, not one. There's no bare patches
of just barren earth. There's no rocks in here that's
going to break your teeth when you chomp down on it. Just green
grass. Now, if I spent my time preaching
doctrine and trying to indoctrinate you, there'd be plenty of briars,
plenty of thorns. There'd be plenty of broken teeth
out here. But we preach the word. There's no broken teeth because
the word is the green grass that feeds God's sheep. God's word
is our food and God's word is our place of rest. The other
evening I walked out. I don't remember. It was getting
late. I walked out in the yard for
whatever reason. Just went up bare feet. I felt that cool green
grass. I thought, ooh. That's what I
was just reading about. The green grass. This lush that
we can lie down and enjoy rest. Now again, it's not my nature
to rest. Spiritually. By nature, physically,
we're lazy. I'm talking about spiritually.
It's not our nature to rest. We want to work, work, work,
work, work, work, work to produce a righteous. I got to work. I
got to do this. I got to do that. But God gives his people a new
nature that enjoys rest in the Lord Jesus Christ. Are you hungry? This is the food for God's sheep.
Are you weary? Are you weary of attempting to
work out your own righteousness? Weary of constantly trying to
prop up that dead body? Here's your righteousness. It's
God's Word. Here's your rest. This is where you find rest for
your weary soul. Now, I grant you, I don't know
a whole lot about sheep, but it seems to me that sheep would
be easy prey. They can't run very fast. They
don't have any teeth. They don't have sharp hooves
or something to defend themselves with. It looks like they'd be
easy prey. And if they're lying there in
the grass, It's even easier for the wolf to come get him. If
I was a sheep, I would never rest easy because it's too easy
for somebody to come gobble me up. But I can lie down and rest
without fear if Christ my shepherd is with me. The sinner can rest
in Christ without fear because Christ is our shepherd. And because
he's my shepherd, I shall not want for rest. Second, because the Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not want for peace. He leadeth me beside the
still waters." Now, sheep are very timid animals. They're afraid
of fast-running water, and they won't drink from that fast-running
water. The original Hebrew that David wrote here is waters of
rest. He leadeth me beside the waters
of rests. Well, those are the still waters
that sheep love to drink from. That's the work of the Holy Spirit,
bringing peace to the soul by showing us Christ who made peace
for us with the blood of his cross. By nature, we can't find
peace. The way of peace, we've not known.
We don't know where to find these still deep waters by nature.
By nature, we don't even know there is a river, the streams
where I'll make glad the city of God. So Jehovah Rea comes. And he leads his sheep to the
waters and gives them drink. And here's where the under shepherd
comes in. An empty drum can make a lot of noise. It won't say
anything, but it can make a lot of noise. God's sheep don't need
an empty drum. They need a clay pot that's been
filled with the gospel of peace, that's been filled with the gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ, a clay pot who can tell the sheep where
they can find these waters of rest, where they can find water,
the water of life and peace. And even when the Lord sends
trials, and we think we're in that deep, fast-running, troubled
water, we feel like those ocean waves are just going to crash
down on us and destroy us, that's when Jehovah Raya comes and says,
peace, be still. And there's a great calm. Because
the Lord is my shepherd, I won't want for peace. Third, because
the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want for redemption. He restoreth
my soul. Christ restores everything we
lost in Adam. He restores righteousness by
taking the sin of his people away and giving us his righteousness. He takes the curse of the law
away by being made a curse for us. And when sin drags us down
so far, we think there's no way up. Then the Lord comes and restores
our soul. When our soul is sorrowful, He
revives it. When our soul is sinful, He sanctifies
it. When our soul is weak, He strengthens
it. I shall not want for redemption.
He restoreth my soul. I shall not want for righteousness.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his namesake."
Now, by nature, I don't even know there is such a thing as
a path of righteousness. Well, it's a good thing Jehovah
Ray comes and leads me in the paths of righteousness. Otherwise,
I think my own righteousness is good enough. And I'd just
depend on that righteousness if the Lord didn't come and lead
me in the paths of righteousness. And even if I knew there was
such a thing as a path of righteousness, by nature, I'd never find it.
Well, it's a good thing Jehovah Raya comes and leads his sheep
in paths of righteousness. Now, sometimes those paths are
rough. They're rocky and steep paths.
But you rest assured, if you're one of God's sheep, There are
always paths of righteousness. He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His namesake. Everything God does, He always
does for His glory and the praise of His grace. He does it. You don't read of the sheep doing
any of this. All this is the work of the shepherd. All the work of redemption from
beginning to end is the work of God. All this work of saving
his people and presenting them faultless before the throne of
God is all the work of the shepherd. He does it for his namesake.
Look over in Psalm 106. Psalm 106. In Ezekiel, the Lord
told his people, you've left me. You've turned to idolatry.
And because of that, I've sent you off into captivity. I'm going
to bring you back to your land. I'm going to restore you. but
not for your namesake, for my holy namesake, I'll do this great
thing to bring you out of captivity and restore you to Jerusalem.
Psalm 106, verse 6, this is what David says. We've sinned with
our fathers. We've committed iniquity. We
have done wickedly. Our fathers understood not thy
wonders in Egypt. They remembered not the multitude
of thy mercies, but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red
Sea, and we had done the same thing as they did. Nevertheless,
he saved them for his namesake, that he might make his mighty
power known." Nevertheless, he saved them for his namesake,
to bring glory to his great name. God determined to save a people
so that his Son would be glorified and honored for all of eternity. And you can rest assured, he'll
accomplish it. Because the Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want for righteousness. Because the Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want for companionship. Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil, for thou art
with me. Now, notice this. The world below
is not called the valley of death. It's called the valley of the
shadow of death. Why is David called the shadow
of death? Because the sting of death, the
substance of death, the power of death has been removed from
the believer by the Lord Jesus Christ when he died in our place.
And all that's left now is a shadow. And a shadow cannot hurt you. The shadow of a dog can't bite
you. The shadow of a sword can't kill you. Now death may cause
us some alarm, but death will never harm any believer. It's
just a shadow. Christ took the substance of
it away. Now shadows can scare us half to death. But you know
why? Because it's very easy for a
shadow to be distorted. A little boy can cast a shadow
of a giant if the sun is just right behind him. And that's
where the comfort is. The shadow can only be cast. The shadow of death can only
be cast if the light of Christ is behind it. There's no shadow
if there's no light. And this is the valley of the
shadow of death. Nothing can harm us in this valley.
They're just shadows. But now, it is a valley. And
every one of us here, if we're honest, and we may as well be,
would prefer to be on the mountaintop and not go back to the valley
anymore. But the valley is where the water
is. A valley between those two mountains,
the force of gravity brings the water to the bottom of the valley.
If you want the water, it's in the valley. And that water makes
that green grass grow. If you want the green grass,
normally, You're going to find it in the valley. We learn more
and are blessed more in the valley than we are on the mountaintop.
It's the valley of the shadow of death, and the Lord brings
his people there for their benefit and for their blessing. Those
paths through the valley of the shadow of death are paths of
righteousness. But now remember this, too. We're
walking through the valley. We're not standing. We're not
camping. We're not building a house. We're
not staying here. We're walking through the valley of the shadow
of death. And we're not running in terror of the shadows. We're
walking. Well, why aren't we running in
terror? For thou art with me. Because we have the companionship
of Jehovah Reah. A little child feels completely
safe. crossing the busiest streets
in the world, the busiest streets of New York City, they feel safe
as long as they're holding their daddy's hand. And they get up,
be 13, 14, 15 years old, and their daddy feels safer when
he's holding their hand too. That child feels no alarm. I
mean, the cabs, those guys are nuts. That kid feels no danger
as long as he's holding his daddy's hand. The child of God feels
no alarm. as long as we're held in the
bosom of Jehovah Rea. And because of that, David says,
I will fear no evil. Now, he doesn't say there won't
be any evil. He says, I won't fear it. That child who's in
New York City with his father is going to see some evil, but
he won't fear it when his father's with him. And that's the way
it is for a believer. We see plenty of evil, but we
don't have to fear it because our shepherd is with us. I don't
have to even fear death, because that last enemy has been destroyed.
There's no reason for the believer to fear death, because all death
is going to do is bring us face-to-face with the shepherd. And because
of my shepherd, I'll not want for companionship. Now, people
will desert you. Even your friends and family,
they'll desert you. Never Jehovah Ray. Maybe they
leave you because they die. The Lord's called them home.
And you don't have their companionship anymore, but you're not left
without companionship because you have your shepherd. Maybe
your family moves off somewhere and you don't have their companionship
every day anymore. But you're not without companionship.
You have Jehovah, the Lord, our shepherd. And if you're the one
moving, you remember this, wherever you go, The shepherd's already
there. He's everywhere you go. You can't
go anywhere that he doesn't go with his people because he's
promised, I'll never leave my people. Look over at Genesis
48. What does Jacob have to say about
this thing of companionship? Did the shepherd ever leave him?
Here he is at the end of his life. Looking back on it, it's
interesting what he has to say. And he blessed Joseph and he
said, God, for whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the
God which fed me all my life long to this day, the angel which
redeemed me from all evil, bless the last. Now this word that
Jacob uses here, the God which fed me, is shepherded. He shepherded me. All my life
long, every day, up to this day, he never left me. Jacob was his
counselor. I probably left him. Jehovah
raised and left him. He was never without the companionship,
the leadership, the guidance of the shepherd. All my life
long, Jacob said, he never left me. Every son and daughter of
Jacob healed. When we get to the end of our
life like Jacob was, we'll say the same thing. He shepherded
me all my life long up to this very day. And then, because the Lord is
my shepherd, I shall not want for comfort. By rod and by staff,
they comfort me. Now, the shepherd rules his flock
with his rod and his staff. This guy's not out there just
hoping to make suggestions to, you know, kind of keep that whole
flock of sheep together and keep them going every which way. He
rules that flock and he uses his rod and his staff to do it.
Well, the believer finds much comfort in the sovereignty, the
sovereign rule of Jehovah Rea. And the shepherd also uses that
rod and his staff to defend his flock. He'll use that thing,
he'll beat off predators, he'll beat off thieves. The believer
finds a whole lot of comfort in the sovereign protection of
our shepherd. And the shepherd uses the rod
also to number the sheep. How did the shepherd know there
were only 99 in that fold and one was missing? Because as they're
going in there, he's using that rod, he's counting. One, two,
three, all the way up to 99. He said, there's one missing,
I'm going to go get it. They're all going to be here
before the night's out. And he went and got it. The Lord
knoweth them that are his. It's a number we can't number.
He's numbered every one of them with his rod. Not one's missing. Not one. And the shepherd uses
his rod and his staff to keep the sheep from straying off the
path. Keep them from going where they're
not supposed to go. You know, the sheep just go on and they
look off this way, start going this way, walking towards the
ditch. And he uses his rod and taps them on the side and they
get right back in line where they're supposed to go. He uses
it to keep them going where they're not supposed to go. And when
one of them gets down in the ditch, he uses that staff, that
big crook on the end of it, and he reaches it down and pulls
that sheep up. He keeps them from getting where
they're not supposed to go. It's such a comfort to know The
Lord will not let his people go off their own way. He's going
to keep us in his way, in the paths of righteousness. The great
shepherd protects his sheep from predators, and he protects the
sheep from ourselves. And usually I need more protection
from myself than I do some predator. Because the Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want for comfort. And seventh, because the Lord
is my shepherd, I shall not want for provision. Verse five, thou
preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Our shepherd
sets a full table and there's never anything lacking from his
table. The other day at home, we had a great meal. I mean,
it was so good. And when it was over, Jan said,
oh, I forgot the pickles. Nobody missed the pickles. I
mean, it was a great meal. When our Lord sets the table,
He never says, oh, I forgot the pickles. It's a full table. Nothing's missing. And it's set
perfectly. The white linen tablecloth and
the china and the silver, it's perfect. You know, when soldiers
sit down to eat on the front lines, they don't sit at a table. They don't have silverware. They're
eating their meal out of that bag ration. You know, the ration,
they open it up, like it's all pureed in there, you know. That's
what they eat. Let's talk about what God's sheep eat. We sit
down to a full meal right in the presence of our enemies.
We don't eat it in a rush. We don't eat it in fear of our
enemies. It's a meal that's enjoyed. It's a full table set for His
sheep. And Jehovah Raya is a good host. He welcomes His sheep. In David's
day, when people would come to your house for a feast, You would
anoint the head of your guest with oil. It was a way of celebration,
I'm sure. It felt good to them, you know,
the hot climate that they lived in. A little oil on their head
felt good. That's what a good host did. Our shepherd is a good
host, his sheep. His sheep are never a pain to
him. He's always welcoming. And he
anoints them with oil. And that oil is a picture of
the Holy Spirit in Scripture. Christ anoints all of His people
with the oil of the Holy Spirit. He gives us the oil of joy and
gladness for our spirit of heaviness. And He always provides richly. He's never holding something
back to be part of the feast tomorrow. He always supplies
richly. He fills our cup. I'm not saying that cup's full.
Our Lord fills it more full than that. And he doesn't just fill
it to the brim. He keeps pouring until it's overflowing. And then when it's overflowing,
he keeps pouring. In David's time, the host would
do that to show his guests. This is a way of showing love
and respect, and it's also showing them if you stay here, you'll
have abundance. You'll have plenty. Everything
I have is yours in abundance. But Jehovah-Raya gives us an
abundance. Not just some rest, not just
some peace, not just some righteousness, not just some mercy, not just
some grace. He fills our cup until it's overflowing
because he loves his sheep. And he's telling his sheep, you
stick around. There's more where that came from. I'll continue
to give you out of my abundance. It's no wonder David said, I'll
take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.
Well, of course, he'll take the cup of salvation. It's an overflowing
cup. Overflowing with mercy and grace. Because the Lord is my shepherd,
I'll not want for provision. And last, because the Lord is
my shepherd, I'll not want for anything in this life or in the
life to come. Verse 6. Surely, goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell
in the house of the Lord forever. Goodness and mercy are God's
faithful sheepdogs, always following His sheep. You know, at home
we have those two little Yorkies. And when you get up to go from
one room to the next, they get up and go with you. Now, they're
faithful, but I think most of the time they're hoping you'll
go to the kitchen and get them a doggie treat. But now, for
whatever reason, when you get up and go from one room to the
next, they go with you. Goodness and mercy. When you
leave out that door tonight, get in your car and go home,
Goodness and mercy are going to go with you. When you lay
down to sleep tonight, goodness and mercy are going to come to
that bed. When you get up in the morning, stumble downstairs
to go get you some breakfast, goodness and mercy are following
you. When you get in the car and leave for work, goodness
and mercy are following you. All day, there at work, goodness
and mercy are following you. You get in your car to go home,
goodness and mercy are following you. Walk in the back door, greet
your wife, she's got dinner ready. Mercy and truth, goodness and
mercy are with you. You see the pattern? Everywhere
you go, goodness and mercy, God's faithful sheepdogs are sure to
follow you. And when life on this earth is
done, goodness and mercy will see you all the way to the throne
of God. That's why David's so sure, I'll
dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Because God's two faithful
sheepdogs, goodness and mercy, will seek to it. Jehovah-Reya
is everything to the believer. That shepherd is everything to
those sheep. Jehovah-Reya is everything to
the believer. If you have Christ, you cannot
be in want. Christ is our food. He's the
green grass, the Word of God. Christ is those still waters.
Because Christ is the water of life. Christ is our rest. Because it's in him we have rest
from all of our works of righteousness. He's done all the works. We rest
in him. Christ is our peace. Because Christ made peace for
us through the blood of his cross. Christ is our righteousness and
our redemption. He's made unto us wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification, and redemption. Christ is that companion. He's
the friend who's taken it closer than a brother. Christ is our
comfort. The heart of the believer is
comforted when we have the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. He's
the one who sends the comforter. The Holy Spirit comforts us by
showing us the things of Christ. He's our comfort. And Christ
is our provision. He's the host of the feast. He
sets the table of the feast. And He is the feast. He's the
bread and the wine of the Lord's table. If Christ is my shepherd,
I shall not want, because Christ is all. All right. Well, I hope
the Lord will bless that to you and to his glory.