This episode is a compelling reflection on the powerful truths within Psalm 23, as we explore the theme of Yahweh Rohi. Rabbi Schneider encourages listeners to embrace their prayers with unwavering belief in divine provision and protection. Unravel the mysteries of trusting God’s guidance even in the valley of the shadow of death, and witness how your life aligns with righteousness when you surrender in faith. This message is a divine reminder that goodness and loving-kindness are destined to pursue us, breaking the chains of fear and uncertainty.
When we’re looking at the covenant names of God, every time Father connected His name to a saving function, that means His will absolutely is to do that thing that He’s connected His name to for you.
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Welcome to Discovering the Jewish Jesus with Rabbi Schneider, and I’m your host, Dustin Roberts. The 23rd Psalm is probably the most famous poem in the entire Bible. It’s a love song from one of the sheep to his shepherd. And as we’ll see momentarily, there is so much more to this song of praise than just being a pretty pastoral thank you. The biblical shepherd was a man who would go to great lengths to keep his most precious possession, the sheep, safe at all costs. And this is an eye-opening message from Rabbi Schneider, and it’s titled, Yahweh Rohi. That means the Lord my shepherd. Now, here’s Rabbi Schneider.
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God bless you and shalom, beloved ones. When we think of the word covenant, what does that mean? It means we have a relationship with somebody and there are terms to that relationship that protect the relationship. And so Father God in the Hebrew Bible reveals Himself as Savior And in His saving relationship to His people, He gave us His personal name, Yahweh, and then He connected His holy name to the functioning activities that He’s doing in and for His people because of His saving covenant with them. As I’ve been saying, some things we can pray about and we don’t know for certain God’s going to answer because some of them are just, you know, there are thoughts, there are plans. We hope God wants to do them, but we don’t know. In other words, you’re thinking about buying a certain property. You pray to God about it. Well, maybe God’s got a better property for you, right? I mean, there are some things that we’re not quite sure about. We bring all our requests to Father, but some of them we’re not quite sure what His will is. But when we’re looking at the covenant names of God, every time Father connected His name to a saving function, that means His will absolutely exists. is to do that thing that he’s connected his name to for you. And when you incorporate this truth into your prayer life, Father God will most certainly bring to pass those things in your life that you’re praying for. In other words, Yahweh Shalom, the Lord is peace. When you make… praying for peace, a focus of your prayer life, you can be 100% certain God will strengthen you in His peace. With that introduction today, I want to continue on to the next sacred name of Yahweh today that we’re going to be looking at, Yahweh-Rohi. Listen now, the Lord, our shepherd. You see, Father God has promised, listen now, to be the shepherd of His people. What does that mean? The best place for us to see what it means, what we can trust in as we believe that Father’s our shepherd is Psalm number 23, right? The most famous Psalm in the entire Bible. Let’s look at Psalm 23 together. It says in the original, Yahweh, is rohi the lord is my shepherd i want you to think about that is yahweh is involved in your life and he’s your shepherd in fact god’s sacred name yahweh is actually a verb continuous unfinished action he is present acting right now in your life in my life as our shepherd as we are looking to him and saying yes to him So we hear that the Lord’s my shepherd. But what does that actually mean? How can we sink our faith into understanding what Father God will do to us because he’s our shepherd, as our shepherd? Well, David spells all that out in Psalm 23. I want to ask you to believe this for yourself. Don’t look at Psalm 23 as just a pleasant poem. but believe that God’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. And what David said he did for him in Psalm 23, beloved one, he will also truly, most definitely do for you and I today as we open our lives to him and look to him and give ourselves to him. So let’s take a look, Psalm 23. Yahweh is rohi, Yahweh is my shepherd. So the covenant name there, once again, Yahweh rohi, meaning the Lord is my shepherd. Now, what does this mean that the Lord’s our shepherd? Here we go. I shall not want. So the first thing that you can trust in is that everything that you need, He’s gonna provide for you. Now, as we said, it doesn’t mean that everything we want, He’ll provide necessarily, even though God’s a great God and He provides us so many things that we do want. I mean, He gives us so many presents, so many gifts, He’s a good God. But what He’s promised to do, beloved, is to provide for our real absolute needs. Jesus said, don’t worry about what you’re going to eat tomorrow. Don’t worry about having a roof over your head. Don’t worry about having clothes. He said, your father knows you have need of all these things. So David said, I shall not want. Father will provide for me. At the end of the day, Your job is something that has been assigned to you right now. If you have a job, you should do your best there. But you know what? If you lost your job, you’d still have food on your plate. Father God provides for the needs of his people. They shall not want. Let’s continue on. What does it mean that father’s our shepherd? He makes me lie down in green pastures. This is what we looked at last week. Yahweh shalom. He gives me peace. He leads me beside the quiet waters. This speaks of rest. Jesus said, come to me, all you that are weary and heavy laden, I will give you rest. This is real. God’s spirit is rest. I want you to hear me now, beloved. The Bible says those that are going to have a relationship with God in the book of Hebrews must, number one, believe that He is. And that involves believing that He’ll do what Psalm 23 says He’ll do. So, number one, if we’re going to walk with God and experience Him, we must, number one, believe that He is. And then secondly, We must know that He’s a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. So once again, those who are gonna please God must believe that He is and that He’s a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. What I’m doing is I’m challenging you, believe this truth that I’m sharing with you for yourself. Move into believing this for your life. Declare it over your life. Let’s continue on. Verse 3, he restores my soul. Some of you are still really, and all of us to some degree, still need healing in our lives. We need healing in our soul, maybe healing in your body. Some of us have been through things even as babies and young people. Maybe our parents got divorced. Maybe something happened to you when you were a child. You know what? Jesus said, I’m your shepherd and I will restore your soul. Some of you are still struggling with trust issues. You’re having a hard time maintaining a marriage relationship because of trust issues. You were hurt or betrayed in the past. You had people in your life that weren’t faithful. So now you’re finding that your relationships keep on ending in brokenness. And a lot of it’s because sometimes, church, our souls aren’t restored. because we don’t have trust. And hear me when I say this, the world says that time heals all things, but the truth is, time doesn’t always heal everything, but Jesus does. He said, the Lord is your shepherd, and no matter what you’ve been through, maybe you were even sexually abused, the Lord can restore and will restore your soul. I want you to know there are some things that happen to us in life that we can’t recuperate from, apart from the supernatural. But hallelujah and praise Jesus, because of Him, we will and we do recuperate. I want to encourage you to believe right now. Believe in Father God to restore your soul. Wherever there’s brokenness, wherever the wounds are, Whatever period had happened in your life, I want to encourage you to focus on making this a matter of prayer in your walk with Father, asking Him daily to restore your soul. And you’re going to find, beloved one, child of God, little by little, day by day, month by month, and year by year, Father is going to restore your soul. One of the first things that Jesus said, when he announced himself as the Messiah, he was in the temple, he said, the spirit of the Lord is upon me. And one of the things he said was this, he said, to restore the broken hearted. One of the biggest parts of Jesus’ ministry is restoring their broken heartedness. And so let’s believe Jesus. I want you to know. Jesus loves you. He’s a friend like no other. There’s no way to compare his love for you with anybody else because he created you for himself. And as you and I, I just want to pray. I just feel led to pray. Father God, I just lift up every child of yours that’s listening right now and spirit of God, you’re ministering to them. There’s a rolling anointing that’s coming forth through your words that are moving forth through me. Deep inside, you’re touching them, Father. They need restoration right now, Father. You said that what we loose on earth would be loosed in heaven. And I loose right now, Father, in Jesus’ name, healing. and restoration over the hearts and lives and even the minds of your people. Thank you, Jesus, for coming to us and being the Father’s restoration to us. We receive it and we believe it. Begin to declare over your life that Father is restoring and has restored your soul.
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Let’s continue on. Verse 3, as our shepherd, what does Father Yahweh do? He guides us in paths of righteousness. Listen again. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his namesake. Remember, we’re looking today at Father’s sacred name, Yahweh rohi, the Lord is my shepherd. And now we’re going to Psalm 23 to understand all it means when we say the Lord’s our shepherd. And one of the things Father does for us as our shepherd, one of the things Yahweh-Rohi is doing is He’s guiding our paths in righteousness. Look again, verse number three. He guides me in the paths of righteousness. What does it mean when we say He’s guiding me in the path of righteousness? Think of it this way. He’s guiding you and I in the right paths. He’s guiding us in His paths. I’m so happy that Father God has boundaries to our left and to our right, and that His sheep, when they’re truly looking to Him, if they begin to go astray, He gets them back to the center. He’s guiding us in paths of righteousness. He opens doors that no man can shut. He shuts doors that no man can open. He brings things into our life to keep us moving forward, beloved, in the right path. That gives me such comfort and such security knowing that it’s not all up to me to get it right every single time. If I’m really looking to the Father, I can trust Him to guide me. And it doesn’t mean that every thought that I think is going to be right, that everything I say is going to be right, that every step I take is going to be right. But what it means is, is that I’m keeping, as I’m keeping my eyes on Him, He is moving me forward in the right path. A friend of mine says, you know what? It’s a little bit like a bowling alley for kids where they put those bumpers in the aisles. You know, the gutters there, they fill the gutters with like foam so that if a little child comes to bowl and the ball begins to go into the gutter, there’s something in that gutter that knocks it back into the center. And that’s what I like to think of when I think of Father guiding me in the paths of righteousness. He keeps on keeping me going forward so that even if I get a little off to the left, Or even if I get a little off to the right, as I’m looking to him, he’s going to keep me moving forward. As our shepherd, he’s guiding you and I, beloved one, in paths of righteousness. I want you to know God loves you and you can trust father to do this for you. He’s actively involved in your life. He’s really doing these things. Let’s continue on verse number four. David said, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I’ll fear no evil for you are with me. One thing it’s important to understand, when David wrote this Psalm, he wasn’t living in the palace, sitting in a chair, basking in the sun while his servants were serving him wine. David was in the midst of the battle. He was in the midst of conflict. His enemies were pursuing his life. It looked like a very dangerous situation in the natural, yet in the midst of the danger, David declared, that though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I’ll fear no evil for thou art with me. You know what, beloved? We live in a dangerous world, right? This is not new news, but we can trust God and not be afraid because our God is bigger than this world. And Father wants to declare this over your life. He’s saying to you and I right now, do not fear. Be afraid, for I am with you. In fact, over 100 times in the scripture, Father God said to us, do not be afraid. Be strong and courageous, for I am with you. Jesus said, I am with you even to the end of the age. Do not be afraid. Let’s continue on. God’s our shepherd. No matter what, you don’t have, beloved one, to be afraid. He continues in verse number five. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You know what? The Bible says that when Jesus returns, many that are last shall be first and many that are first shall be last. I want you to know God is going to bring justice. God is going to bring something into your life that’s going to create the level equal playing field so that you don’t have to feel that your enemies have got victory over you, but rather what you’re going to feel is complete freedom and complete victory when you see Jesus face to face. You know, many of the Psalms and the Proverbs of the Old Testament speak about what about the wicked that seem to be prospering? What about this enemy of mine that doesn’t even think about God, that doesn’t care about God, that’s completely in the wrong, and yet they seem to be prospering? And here I am, and I’m seeking after you, God, and I’m trying to do what’s right, and yet I’m tithing, I’m doing all these things to love you, and yet I’ve got these problems. But the Lord said, you know what? Just hang on because I’m going to create a feast before you. I’m going to create a feast for you. And even your enemies are going to see it. Beloved, you’re going to be reward. Everything that you’ve done for Jesus, you’re going to be rewarded for. And God’s going to prepare a feast for you in the presence of your enemies. Let’s continue on here. David continues here. You’ve anointed my head with oil. You can trust Father God to continue to pour out his spirit on you more and more as you’re seeking him, as you’re praying. Believe God for this. He’s your shepherd. He’s alive again. He’s active in your life. My cup overflows. And then finally, verse six, surely goodness and loving kindness. Listen to this now. will follow me all the days of my life. So many of us struggle with fear of the future. What’s gonna happen to my loved ones? What’s gonna happen when I get old? What’s gonna happen with my finances? The devil is constantly trying to hurt us. He’s constantly trying to make us afraid. The devil wants to bring torment. And so we struggle with the spirit of doom. How many of you deal with that? I know I do at times. The devil will try to bring fear onto my life. But you know what? It never turns out the way that he says. Father God is so faithful. What God’s word said is true. Surely goodness and loving kindness, listen, will follow you all the days of your life. I want you to reject the spirit of doom right now. Some of you right now, I want you to, if you’re able to, get off your chair, get off your couch. You’ve been struggling with the fear of the future. You don’t even know what it is, some of you. You’re just afraid. You just have this sense, something bad’s going to happen tomorrow. Something bad’s going to happen to my child. Something bad’s going to happen when I grow old. Just this sense of fear. But the Lord has said something totally different over your life. He has said, surely, listen, goodness and loving kindness will follow you all the days of your life. Not those thoughts of gloom and doom and fear and destruction that the devil’s tormenting us with. Those aren’t true. Those are lies. Instead, Father God’s got good plans for you that are going to pursue you all the days of your life. And in the Hebrew there, It’s not just that loving kindness and goodness will follow you from behind, but the Hebrew actually implies that they’ll overtake you. That God’s goodness, his loving kindness for his children actually chases them down and overtakes them. Beloved, he wants us confident in him. So I want to ask you right now, would you break that? the agreement that’s been in your heart and mind with spirits of gloom and doom, spirits of fear and destruction about tomorrow, would you break agreement with those thoughts? Would you reject those thoughts and instead come into agreement with Father God? Will you do that right now? I want to ask you, let’s break agreement with the powers of darkness. Here we go. We’re just going to say to Father right now, Father God, thank you today for loving me so much. Father, right now, I break agreement with fear. I break agreement with spirits of doom and gloom about the future. I reject those thoughts. They’re satanic and they’re lies. I reject those thoughts. And Father, I declare right now that I believe in your love for me. I believe in Jesus’s love for me. and i believe your word father when you say to me your loving kindness and goodness will follow me all the days of my life and i’ll dwell in the house of the lord forever father i believe that i believe my future is going to be good that you’re going to be in my future and that your loving kindness and goodness will always be present father from now on i’m going to fight the fight of faith i’m going to believe in you i believe that you love me And I believe that my future is good. Shalom and God bless you, beloved ones. In 1978, when the Lord supernaturally revealed himself to me as Jesus, I was instantly so excited. I started telling everybody about Jesus. I went out and bought a New Testament, started devouring the Word of God. I was going to churches all over the city. And you know what? The only thing that cost me was gas money and the price of buying a Bible. But now that the Lord has raised me up to preach the gospel all over the world through television, and on the ground crusades, this costs money. And beloved, I can’t do it without you. The Lord has ordained that the gospel is financed through the finances of his people. I want to ask you today, if you believe in me, if you believe in this ministry, if you believe the kingdom is being built through this ministry, just sow a financial seed immediately and become a partner with us and you’ll be blessed, beloved, because you’re going to have a reward for the souls that are being changed in this ministry. Thank you and shalom.
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Blessings trump curses. And in the book of Numbers chapter 6, we find the Aaronic blessing that God commanded Moses’ brother Aaron, the high priest, to speak over the children of Israel. There’s power in blessing, beloved ones. So take part in receiving Father’s blessing upon your life today.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up with His countenance. And the Lord give you, beloved one, His peace. God bless you and shalom.
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I’m your host, Dustin Roberts, and this program is produced and sponsored by Discovering the Jewish Jesus. Make sure to join us again next time when Rabbi Schneider talks about the Lord, who is our righteousness. Be listening Thursday to Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
