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Follow the ... Shepherd

Music to Inspire: Natalie Grant - Your Great Name

I have just been schooled about my knowledge of all things sheep-y by Wikipedia. It is a commonly held notion that sheep are stupid animals that need to be herded, led and go astray easily. Well, that's only partly true haha. Did you know that sheep are mainly concerned about food? Isn't that just how we humans are? We are always concerned about what we're going to get. Will this friendship benefit me? Is this person going to listen to me and share my emotional burdens? What should I get for dinner? And when we don't get the things we need from one area, we move to another place to get it. I remember making a nighttime roadtrip with my sister and she wanted me to stop at a ghetto Wendy's in a really sketchy town. All I can say is thank God for drive-thrus. But seriously, we tend to put ourselves in dangerous situations to get what we want or what we think we need.


Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so i know the Father, and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd." - John 10: 14-16. Jesus is leading our flock. We need to trust that He will lead us to the right pastures to get what we need. How could we doubt His direction? He brought us dirty sheep in from outside, washed us, and allowed us to be a part of His special flock. Then, when we wandered off on our own trying to lead ourselves to a "better" pasture, He found us and brought us back. This is our shepherd. This is our Savior. This is our God. Always seeking to save the lost.

Praise God for the lost being found everyday!

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Prayer

Father, I don't deserve You.
I don't deserve You because You're holy and I'm not.
because You're righteous and I'm not.
because Your arms hold life, while mine hold pain, and rebellion,
and fear.
You make every moment worth living, but I complain that my life doesn't do me justice.
Who am I to call myself humble enough? Wise enough? Biblical enough? How dare I boast about who I am when I'm nothing more than a selfish, thieving, foolish, wretch? I don't open my Bible because I'm afraid that when I actually do, I'll begin changing into someone I don't know. Pride is my companion. You know who I am; You are more than familiar with the person I try to hide. And despite that You give me amazing grace. You tell me I'm worth dying for. You give me wings to fly ; You know just how much I love the feeling of soaring. My chains are gone- I'm a prisoner set free. My hope has been rising from beneath the horizon. You dwell in the shadows of these mountains of discouragement. You make yourself known to me through my failures. You stay true to Your promises despite the rain; You will never leave me or forsake me. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me. I will be still. I will be weak. I will be less, that you might get glory. Here's my life, my love, my conviction. I want to do nothing less than change the world for You, Father, that Your name might be remembered. I want to bless Your name, Oh God. To You be the kingdom, the glory and the power, forever and ever. In Jesus name, so be it.