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Exodus 5:22-7:25
Matthew 18:21-19:12
Psalm 23:1-6
Proverbs 5:22 -23
God is our shepherd and a dependable guide. Following God and obeying his commands is our only hope for eternal life and security.
When we allow God our shepherd to guide us we have contentment. When we choose sin, we go our own way and we cannot blame God for the environment we choose to create for ourselves. Our shepherd knows the "quiet waters" that will restore us. We reach these places only by following him obediently. So when we are tempted to go on our own rather than the shepherds' leading we are rebelling against our own best interests.
Back home I know a few people who have passed away due to COVID-19 recently, some of whom it was a sudden passing and others were alone and knew they had COVID-19, and I thought to myself how alone and scary a person can feel to go through this alone. Now I don't know where they were spiritually before their passing but I pray they had a shepherd. I'd like to think they weren't alone. Death casts a frightening shadow over us because we are entirely helpless in its presence. We can struggle with other enemies such as pain, suffering,injury, disease, but strength and courage cannot overcome death. It has the final word. Only one person can walk with us through death's dark valley and bring us safely to the other side, the God of life, our shepherd. Life is uncertain, Shouldn't we want to follow the shepherd who offers us eternal comfort. God, the perfect shepherd promised to guide and protect us through life to bring us into his house forever.
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