Day 29
Bible Text: Jeremiah 31:10
“Listen to this message from the Lord, you nations of the world; proclaim it in distant coastlands: The Lord, who scattered his people, will gather them and watch over them as a shepherd does his flock.”
Sheep, when scattered, are vulnerable. Without a shepherd, sheep are helpless, and often doomed. The picture, the prophet Jeremiah is painting, is true in the natural, and even more true in the spiritual. We are like sheep, who often turn away from God and do our own thing, rendering ourselves helpless and doomed spiritually.
That’s why Jesus Christ came, to be our Good Shepherd, to gather us to himself, to protect us from the evil one, and to care for us as his own. A sheep knows his shepherd’s voice, and you and I know our Lord’s voice. Jesus says this in John 10:27, “my sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me."
For all the “rugged individualism” we like to talk about in America, we actually are very much like sheep, who need a Shepherd. And that’s what Jeremiah, the prophet, predicted many years before Jesus was born.
Today, Jesus is gathering people from all the “nations of the world”, and we are seeing large movements of people coming back to God. Will you let Jesus “shepherd” you? Will you let him gather you to himself, watch over you and care for you? Read John 10 for yourself and hear what Jesus says to you. Then let Him in.
Prayer: I recognize that I am vulnerable, because I have turned away from my Shepherd and Lord, I am sorry. America is also vulnerable, wandering aimlessly, on its own, away from the Shepherd. Shepherd me, Jesus, for I am your sheep, and I need you. Shepherd all the people I care for, as well. Gather them and draw them close to you, Lord. Shepherd America, it needs you! We need you!! I ask this from the bottom of my heart. In Jesus’ name.
By Pastor Kevin Schuessler
“Listen to this message from the Lord, you nations of the world; proclaim it in distant coastlands: The Lord, who scattered his people, will gather them and watch over them as a shepherd does his flock.”
Sheep, when scattered, are vulnerable. Without a shepherd, sheep are helpless, and often doomed. The picture, the prophet Jeremiah is painting, is true in the natural, and even more true in the spiritual. We are like sheep, who often turn away from God and do our own thing, rendering ourselves helpless and doomed spiritually.
That’s why Jesus Christ came, to be our Good Shepherd, to gather us to himself, to protect us from the evil one, and to care for us as his own. A sheep knows his shepherd’s voice, and you and I know our Lord’s voice. Jesus says this in John 10:27, “my sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me."
For all the “rugged individualism” we like to talk about in America, we actually are very much like sheep, who need a Shepherd. And that’s what Jeremiah, the prophet, predicted many years before Jesus was born.
Today, Jesus is gathering people from all the “nations of the world”, and we are seeing large movements of people coming back to God. Will you let Jesus “shepherd” you? Will you let him gather you to himself, watch over you and care for you? Read John 10 for yourself and hear what Jesus says to you. Then let Him in.
Prayer: I recognize that I am vulnerable, because I have turned away from my Shepherd and Lord, I am sorry. America is also vulnerable, wandering aimlessly, on its own, away from the Shepherd. Shepherd me, Jesus, for I am your sheep, and I need you. Shepherd all the people I care for, as well. Gather them and draw them close to you, Lord. Shepherd America, it needs you! We need you!! I ask this from the bottom of my heart. In Jesus’ name.
By Pastor Kevin Schuessler
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