Recently I have been reading and thinking about God's analogy of us being sheep and He being the shepherd. I personally have never owned a sheep/lamb. Don't let their cute, fluffy exterior deceive you. Sheep are actually very unintelligent animals. Seriously, how many sheep do you know that can be trained to get the day's mail like a dog? What exactly do sheep do in their free time? hmmmm. As far as I can tell sheep are good at two things...that's right...two!
1. sheep are good at grazing off the land the shepherd leads them to. (how lazy is that?)
2. sheep are good at NOT following the shepherd!
So when God says that we are like sheep this is probably not a compliment. My first reaction was one of anger. I am certainly not a helpless, cuddly, little ball of fluff! I don't need someone else to follow to survive in life. But then God's Words started flooding my mind. "All we like sheep have gone astray." "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Maybe man is not as strong and independent as we would like to think.
It's hard to admit how lost and helpless we are on our own. We want to take the credit we think we deserve. Next time you start to pat yourself on the shoulder remember that you are a little lost lamb with a shepherd that has saved you from danger time after time.
"'As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day'...'I will lead my flock and will lead them to rest' declares the Lord God. 'I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.'" from Ezekial 34
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