STAR SHEPHERD

STAR SHEPHERD

READ:
Ezekiel 34:11-16

Why do you say,..."My way
is hidden from the LORD"?
-Isaiah 40:27

In the spring, shepherds in Idaho move their flocks from the lowlands into the mountains.  Thousands of sheep move up the passes into the high country to summer pasture.

My wife and I came across a flock on Shaw Mountain last week.  It was bedded down in a meadow by a quiet stream-a picturesque scene that evoked memories of Psalm 23.

But where was the shepherd?  The sheep appeared to be alone-until a few broke away from the flock and began to wander toward a distant gully.  Then we heard a shrill whistle from above.  Looking up, we saw the shepherd sitting high on a hill above the sheep, keeping watch over his flock.  A mountain dog and two Border collies stood at his side.  The dogs, responding to the shepherd's signal, bounded down the hill and herded the drifting sheep back to the flock where they belonged.

In the same way, the Good Shepherd is watching over you.  Even though you cannot see Him, He can see you!  He knows you by name and knows all about you.  You are the sheep of His pasture (Ezekiel 34:31).  God promises that He will "Seek out" His sheep, "feed them in good pasture," and "bind up the broken" (vv.12, 14, 16).

You can trust in God's watchful care. -David Roper

I trust in God, I know He cares for me
On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea;
Though billows roll, He keeps my soul,
My heavenly Father watches over me.- Martin
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The Lamb who died to save us
is the Shepherd who lives to care for us.

INSIGHT
God is the true and faithful shepherd of Israel.  In contrast to human leaders who may be guided by self-interest, Yahweh will heal the broken and dispense justice: "'I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,' says the Lord GOD.  'I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment'" (Ezekiel 34:15-16).  At the end of this world, Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, will right all wrongs (Matthew 25:31-36; John 10:11).

Have a blessed day.
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