VEINS OF TRUTH! THE BLESSED LIFE!(PSALM 23-1)HAVING THE LORD,OUR GOD AS OUR SHEPHERD!FIRST,AS A GOOD SHEPHERD,HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP AND SECOND HIS SHEEP KNOW HIS VOICE AND FOLLOW HIM!GOD USES THE ANALOGY OF SHEEP AND THEIR NATURE TO DESCRIBE US. SHEEP HAVE A NATURAL TENDENCY TO WANDER OFF AND GET LOST!AS BELIEVERS,WE TEND TO DO THE SAME THING.WHEN SHEEP GO ASTRAY, THEY ARE IN DANGER OF GETTING LOST,BEING ATTACKED,EVEN KILLING THEMSELVES BY DROWNING OR FALLING OFF CLIFFS!LIKEWISE,IN OUR OWN NATURE THERE IS A STRONG TENDENCY TO GO ASTRAY,FOLLOWING THE LUSTS OF OUR FLESH AND EYES AND PURSUING THE PRIDE OF LIFE. AS SUCH,WE ARE LIKE SHEEP WANDERING AWAY FROM THE SHEPHERD THROUGH OUR OWN FUTILE SELF-REMEDIES AND ATTEMPTS AT SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.IT IS OUR NATURE TO DRIFT AWAY,TO REJECT GOD AND TO BREAK HIS COMMANDMENTS.WHEN WE DO THIS WE RUN THE RISK OF GETTING LOST,EVEN FORGETTING THE WAY BACK TO GOD!ALSO,WHEN WE TURN AWAY FROM THE LORD,WE SOON FIND OURSELVES, CONFRONTING ONE ENEMY AFTER ANOTHER WHO WILL ATTACK US IN NUMEROUS WAYS!SHEEP ARE BASICALLY HELPLESS CREATURES WHO CANNOT SURVIVE LONG WITHOUT A SHEPHERD,UPON WHOSE CARE THEY ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT.THE ONLY SHEPHERD WHO HAS GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR YOU IS JESUS,WHO PROTECTS AND CARE FOR US TODAY AND UNTIL ETERNITY!MAKE HIM YOUR SHEPHERD TODAY,LET HIM LEAD AND GUIDE YOU THROUGH GREEN PASTURES AND BESIDE THE STILL WATERS!
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:25:29 +0000
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