The first bible verse that I learnt in my life was Psalms 23:1 "The lord is my shepherd". Sheep is considered to be the dumbest animal on earth. All that the sheep does is follow its shepherd; it keeps its eyes on him and just follows where the shepherd leads it to. Sheep’s don’t reason, nor argue, nor rebel against the shepherd. They just blindly trust the shepherd. The shepherd on his part protects the sheep and leads it in green meadows and besides peaceful streams.
If God is our shepherd and we his sheep then we also need to be dumb like the sheep. We need to surrender ourselves and let God have full control over our lives. God gave us a free will and we can make choices. It’s the wrong choices that we make which brings misery in our lives. We humans are short sighted and can only see as much as our eyes can and only think as much our brains can. God who’s our shepherd, knows our future. He has already seen our end and he knows what is best for us. To follow God we need to give up our free will and seek his will to be done in our lives. Jeremiah 29:11 says For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. If this is the plan of God, won’t we want to entrust our lives to him and ask him to lead us.
In my daily prayers, I ask God to make me a puppet in his hands, so that he can pull the strings and control me fully. He has done everything good in my life. Though I didn’t get everything I wanted, he provided everything that I needed and he did it at the right time. Truly I can say, “The lord is my shepherd, I have everything that I need”
When Jesus called out his disciples, all that he said was "Follow Me". Will you make a choice to follow this GOOD SHEPHERD...Will you ask him to make choices for you… God bless you
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