Psalm 23 is the story of an ancient King, the nation of Israel, and it's also our story.

From the lowlands to the valleys, the mountain tops, and the plateaus, we can all find ourselves in the story of the sheep and their Good Shepherd.

Fear has a way of fooling us into believing things that aren't true, making unwise decisions, and distrusting God.

But faith and facts cause us to lean in a different direction. When you know that God is with you and that God is for you, fear has a way of fading away. You may be walking through something, but God is leading you somewhere.

There is no way to end up in the right place when you are heading in the wrong direction. That's why God offers to show us the right way to the best place.

The one who has the whole world in His hands has you in His hands. What if that one is using this season to make you still so you can take a step towards the better life He wants for you?

Who would you let guide you through life? Who do you know that you could trust with every decision, from the small everyday moments to the destiny shaping ones? The answer: no one.

Maybe the better question is: who should you let guide you?

David would become known as Israel's greatest King. His rule and reign would inspire hope, and point God's people to a future king would bring about a true kingdom of God.

But his life was plagued with war, disappointment, death, and crisis. On the other side of all that he was able to look back and point to a God who had brought him through it all. The inspiration behind Psalm 23.

After the crucifixion of Jesus on Friday, His followers went into hiding. They were isolated, afraid, and uncertain of what the future held. But, something happened that changed everything. What happened on that first Easter changed everything for them, and it changes everything for us.

Faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

It is the evidence of faith and the expression of hope. In the midst of these moments, when so much seems uncertain, what does love require us to do?

Three things the world desperately needs: Faith, hope, and love. The Church, God’s people, are meant to be carriers of these three things to a broken planet filled with broken people who need them.

Our faith, our belief in God, fuels a hope, a confidence, that the darkest circumstances can’t shake.

The world has changed. Fear, panic, and anxiety have become common in the midst of a crisis with no identifiable end.

But times of great fear require the Church to be what Jesus calls us to be: a people of great faith.