Psalm 23:2 gives us one of the most tender and overlooked images in Scripture: “He makes me lie down in green pastures.”

In this episode, Dr. Tony Myers explains why sheep must lie down in order to digest what they eat — and why we are much the same. Left to ourselves, we rarely come to a full stop. We keep moving, consuming, chasing what looks “green,” even when it isn’t truly life-giving.

The Shepherd does not merely invite us to rest. He makes us lie down. What feels like interruption is often loving care. What feels restrictive is often protection.

This teaching explores why true rest is essential for spiritual health and how learning to be still becomes one of the clearest ways we come to know God more deeply.

For more biblical resources and teaching from Dr. Tony Myers, visit rodstaff.org.

We live in one of the wealthiest nations in history—and yet one of the most discontented. How can that be?

In this episode of Rod & Staff, Dr. Tony Myers explores Psalm 23:1: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” This bold statement confronts our modern obsession with more—more comfort, more control, more success, more approval—and exposes why our desires so often leave us empty.

Drawing from Scripture, pastoral experience, and voices like the Apostle Paul, C.S. Lewis, and Paul Tripp, this teaching explains why contentment is not natural, not promoted by the world, and not easily learned. Contentment is a mystery that reshapes our desires and redirects our satisfaction away from “bigger and better” toward Jesus, our Good Shepherd.

When the Lord truly becomes our Shepherd, our wants begin to change—and our satisfaction shifts from temporary things to lasting joy in Christ.

For more biblical resources and teaching from Dr. Tony Myers, visit RodStaff.org.

Psalm 23:4 links “comfort” with the shepherd’s rod and staff—but how can correction and guidance comfort us? Dr. Tony Myers explains that without a genuine relationship with God, correction feels threatening and guidance feels restrictive.

In this teaching, comfort is redefined as a spiritual release—like pressure applied to a knot that finally lets go. God uses His rod and staff to press on the places we’re “knotted up,” leading to repentance, faith, and freedom.

The episode also connects discipline with love: Hebrews 12 reminds us God disciplines the ones He loves, because He refuses to be indifferent toward His children.

For more biblical resources and teaching from Dr. Tony Myers, visit RodStaff.org.