by Max Lucado •
Sheep aren’t smart. They tend to wander into running creeks
for water, then their wool grows heavy and they drown. They have no sense of
direction. They need a shepherd to lead them to calm water.
So do we! We, like sheep, tend to be swept away by waters we
should have avoided. We have no defense against the evil lion who prowls about
seeking whom he might devour.
Isaiah 53:6 reminds us, “We all have wandered away like
sheep; each of us has gone his own way.” We need a shepherd to care for
us and to guide us. And Jesus is that Good Shepherd. The Shepherd who lays down
his life for the sheep. The Shepherd who protects, provides, and possesses his
sheep. The Psalmist says: The Lord is my shepherd! The imagery is carried
over to the New Testament as Jesus is called the good shepherd of the sheep!
Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my
sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down
my life for the sheep. John 10:14-15”
From A Gentle Thunder
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