“I have
gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your
commandments” (Psalm 119:176).
“For thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold,
I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 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 bring them out from the peoples and gather them
from the countries...I will feed them...I will feed them in a good pasture...I
will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest,’ declares the Lord GOD...‘Then
they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house
of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD. ‘As for you, My sheep, the
sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD”
(Ezekiel 34:11-15,30-31).
Who is the Shepherd of the sheep
promised through the prophet Ezekiel? He is Jesus, Son of God (Hebrews 1:1-13),
Son of David (Ezekiel 34:24-26; Luke 1:32,33,69; Romans 1:3), Prince of life (Acts
3:15): “‘Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the
fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But
he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper
opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and
leads them out. When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the
sheep follow him because they know his voice...truly, truly, I say to you, I am
the door of the sheep. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be
saved, and will go in and out and find pasture...I came that they may have
life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays
down His life for the sheep...I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My
own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down
My life for the sheep. I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must
bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with
one shepherd...My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and
I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch
them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all;
and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father
are one’” (John 10:1-4,7,9-11,14-16,27-30).
The Psalmist tells us the desired
food of true sheep: “...I do not forget your commandments” (119:176). The Lord
tells us the mark of true sheep: “...the sheep hear His voice...they know His
voice...My own know Me...they will hear My voice...My sheep hear My voice” (John
10:3,4,14,16,27).
Hear the Word of God and hear the
voice of the Shepherd-King as He gathers us together and leads us home.
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