He Leads Them Out
Target Date: 11.22.09 – See CTT Page
The focus this week is on how Jesus led people out from where they were – danger, hunger, brokenness, rejection, bondage – to a better place. A good shepherd leads his sheep to still waters and has them rest in green pastures. He restores their souls. Even in difficult times, even during the long dark valley of the shadow of death, the good shepherd stays with his sheep and leads them out to find food and leads them in to find safety. I wonder which is hardest for most real shepherds and most spiritual shepherds, leading them out to pasture or leading them back to safety?
The Key Scriptures
- John 10:3, 9-10
- Psalm 23
- Ezekiel 34
- Luke 9:23-26
Please share the link to any online pictures, YouTube movies, or video clips of sheep or shepherds or Scripture graphics you think illustrate the main focus of this week’s passages! What are the differences between driving cattle and herding sheep? Share your own ideas on how to listen to the Shepherd’s voice! What are some examples of this principle? Please share any video clips or YouTube links that you think may help us better understand this principle.
Your post brought me back to the first time I KNEW I heard God say something to me. I had been reading John and when I read John 10:27 I stopped. “My sheep listen to my voice, I know them, and they follow me”. I said, “God I’m following you but I can’t hear your voice”. You just said in John 10:27 I should hear your voice. I listened and heard, read it again – which I did. Then I heard, “it says my sheep hear my voice, not my lambs”. As a new Christian, I was blown away by that statement. I was motivated to “grow up” as quickly as possible. I did, and I do (hear His voice).
Colleen Foshee
21 Apr 09 at 11:10 pm