Jesus, the Good and Perfect Shepherd, always acts with integrity and can be fully trusted. He doesn’t scatter or harm his sheep, but personally interacts and calls each one by name.
John
10:1-5 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the
sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a
robber. 2 The one who
enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The
gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls
his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When
he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow
him because they know his voice. 5 But
they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because
they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
Jesus leads His sheep in the right
direction. He doesn’t always hold and carry each sheep and doesn’t have any of
His sheep on a leash, but He is always there to protect, call and lead. As His
sheep, we have the responsibility to
listen and follow, even through difficult terrain. In order to do that, we must
know His voice. To know His voice, we need to hear it regularly.
How do you and I plan to hear Jesus’s
voice regularly in 2024?
Where might Jesus be leading you and me in
a new direction for 2024?
Jesus, the Perfect Shepherd, personally loves
us, cares for us as individuals and is always there to lead us!
Alice
