Fortunately for us, Luther wasn't God, and God saw fit in Christ, to redeem the world in an act of love. But Luther's observation echoes many of our own sentiments today. Certainly the world has changed since that time. We have all the advances of technology, and life is not the same as it was in the 1500s, and certainly not the same as in the time of King David, the supposed author of the 23rd Psalm. However, the world still continues in a state of unrest.
People still suffer from anxiety, from grief, from loneliness.
We still hurt the way people hurt thousands of years ago, and we still feel joy in much the same way as the men and women of old. And that's why, this morning, as we reflect on our own lives, it seems terribly relevant to take a fresh look at a very familiar Psalm. The Psalms come alive in the presence of grief. The Psalms come alive in the presence of joy. Psalm 23 describes what it feels like to be back at home with God.