1 The LORD is my shepherd (Jehovah-Raah); I shall not want.
2 He (Jehovah-Jireh) makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He (Jehovah-Rapha) restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You (Jehovah-Tsidkenu) are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You (Jehovah-Shalom) prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD (Jehovah-Shammah) (Jehovah-Nissi) Forever.
By this Psalm it is clear that David knew FATHER’S redemptive nature of being Protector, Provider, Healer, Our Righteousness, Our Peace, always Present, and Our Covering or Protection forever. FATHER has not changed since David wrote this Psalm by THE SPIRIT. This redemptive nature of FATHER is meant for you and me as well. If we are not operating with this Truth prevailing in our life, then we need to change. David wrote by THE SPIRIT in Psalm 27:
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!
David had the revelation of faith when he wrote “I had believed that I would see.” Is it false or a lie for us to proclaim one of FATHER’S redemptive blessings before we see it manifested in the physical? Did Jesus lie when He told the ten lepers they were healed before their manifestation? No, on both accounts. The reality of the Spiritual supersedes the temporary reality of the natural. Faith requires us to stand on FATHER’S Word rather than what we see, hear, feel, smell, or taste. FATHER is creative and HIS Divine Intent is as much reality as the end result manifested and experienced by our senses. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 4:
16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
Did FATHER misrepresent reality when HE called those things which do not exist as though they did? No. Does HE expect us to call those things HE has promised us which do not exist as though they do? Yes. This is what faith is all about. David was a man after FATHER’S own heart because he walked in faith and understood FATHER’S Promises based on how FATHER described HIS nature by those seven redemptive Names. When we ask FATHER to manifest one or more of HIS redemptive promises indicated by those Names, we are to believe and doubt not. Psalm 23 encapsulates the results of FATHER’S redemptive nature.