The Good Shepherd

Hello everyone,

I’ve often wondered why God/Jesus often referred to His children as sheep and He being the Shepherd, the question is, why sheep and not another animal or thing to describe us?

There are several places in the Bible where the God or Jesus is referred to as our Shepherd. One thing is clear the goat has a mind of its own and it’s rugged, but the sheep are not as strong as the goat, is obedient and needs guidance like a Shepherd for protection. Jesus said in John 10:11, “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep.” AMP. Jesus laying down His life down for His Sheep was done when He was crucified in order to save mankind. Man here represent the Sheep, we lived as goats, thinking we could solve our own problems, but we didn’t know we needed help, which was what Jesus came to show us.

Mankind lives through assumptions and probabilities, they are never sure of anything. They may prove things through science but even with that, there are mysteries they can’t understand, mankind needed help and Jesus came with the solution.

To know the right thing to do and the proper place to go can only and truly be achieved by one who knows everything and everywhere and only the Holy Spirit knows this. Jesus said in John 14:26 that the Holy Spirit will teach us all things. The Holy Spirit knows everything, so in order to save ourselves the stress of assumption and probability, we should get to know the Holy Spirit, and by this we become a Sheep through humility, thus allowing the Good Shepherd to guide us as we walk here on earth.

The reason why humility is important is that many times we could feel we don’t need the Holy Spirit because we’ve sorted everything out, but because you were born to meet the world this way doesn’t mean this is the way to live.

God calls everyone all over the world to repentance, it is left to us to obey or listen at first [ref. Romans 1:18]. Many think God doesn’t concern Himself about the lost but that’s not true. John 10:16 says, “And I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring and impel those also; and they will listen to My voice and heed My call, and so there will be [they will become] one flock under one Shepherd.” AMP. If God didn’t concern Himself over the lost would He have come in form of a man in order to save us, when the whole world was lost? This shows a God who cares. We need to understand the functions of the Good Shepherd in order to know why He is called the Good Shepherd and we His Sheep.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)