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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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IS JESUS REALLY YOUR SHEPHERD?
IS JESUS REALLY YOUR SHEPHERD?
THERE ARE A LOT OF SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE ABOUT SHEEP. I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WHAT I READ IN JOHN 10. IN VERSE 5, JESUS, TALKING ABOUT THE SHEEP, SAYS " And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice."
MOST OF THE SHEEP THAT ARE RAISED TODAY ARE IN PENS SO THEY CAN BE FATTENED UP TO SELL OR TO GET THEIR WOOL. I WAS WONDERING HOW THIS RELATED TO THE SHEEP IN JESUS' DAY SO I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH. IN ISRAEL, THE GRASS IS HARD TO GROW AND THE SHEPHERDS ARE MORE INVOLVED WITH THE SHEEP. THE SHEEP LEARN HIS VOICE AND EVEN COME RUNNING WITH HE CALLS. HOWEVER, ON OCCASION, A SHEEP WILL NOT FOLLOW THE SHEPHERD AND TAKES OFF ON HIS OWN AND GETS INTO TROUBLE.
DOES ALL THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? WE ARE JESUS' SHEEP AND SINCE HE ALWAYS WANTS US TO FOLLOW HIM, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE HIS VOICE AND GO WHERE HE WANTS US TO GO AND DO WHAT HE TELLS US TO DO. HIS VOICE IS THE BIBLE AND HE SPEAK TO US THROUGH IT. WE JUST NEED TO LISTEN.
IN ACTS 13:47 PAUL TELLS US THAT JESUS HAS COMMANDED US TO BRING SALVATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. (For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.) HE DIDN'T SAY TO THINK ABOUT IT OR IF YOU HAVE TIME, IT IS A COMMAND TO DO THIS.
I KNOW WE CANNOT ALL TRAVEL BUT YOUR "ENDS OF THE EARTH" MIGHT BE RIGHT THERE IN YOUR TOWN OR NEIGHBORHOOD. AS FOR ME, MY "ENDS OF THE EARTH" IS RIGHT HERE WHERE I AM WITH MY LAPTOP. IF WE ALL FIND OUT WHERE OUR "ENDS OF THE EARTH" IS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE HIS "GOOD NEWS" WITH THE WORLD.
DON'T BE LIKE THE SHEEP THAT DOES WHAT IT WANTS TO. BE OBEDIENT AND YOUR SHEPHERD WILL LEAD YOU. JUST THINK ABOUT THE SECOND VERSE OF PSALMS 23 ( He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.) YOUR "GREEN PASTURES" AND "STILL WATERS" IS THERE FOR YOU. JUST FOLLOW YOUR SHEPHERD JESUS.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
