Jesus used this metaphor to communicate with his followers. The survival of sheep depends on the existence of a shepherd who cares.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.”
John 10: 11-16 (NLT).
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“Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe.”
— Psalm 107:2
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I’m reading and meditating on Jeremiah 12 today. Jeremiah is known as “The Weeping Prophet.” He was tasked with warning people about the coming judgment.
“. . .Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy?
You have planted them, and they have taken root and prospered.
Your name is on their lips, but you are far from their hearts.
But as for me, Lord, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts.
Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered! Set them aside to be slaughtered!. . .
“The Lord’s Reply to Jeremiah
“If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?
Even your brothers, members of your own family, have turned against you.
They plot and raise complaints against you.
Do not trust them, no matter how pleasantly they speak.”
Jeremiah 12: 1-3, 5-6 (NLT).
I ponder the lessons for us today and for nations that ...
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Sometimes we just need a little reminder.
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8: 35-39 (NIV).
Isn’t it wonderful to know that there is a God who loves us and has written our names in His “Book of Life”?
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Being thankful can be difficult when life gets rough. However, Christ-followers with years of experience will tell you that this simple practice can transform you, your circumstances, or both.
“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:18
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