December 2

CHARITY is the Good Shepherd

I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.  As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me.  ~ John 10:1, 14–15

Jesus went on to say, “There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen.  I must bring them, too; they will listen to my voice and they will become one flock with one shepherd.  The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life... that I may receive it back again.  No one takes my life away from me.  I give it up of my own free will...  This is what my Father has commanded me to do (John 10:1, 14-18).” 
~ Author unknown

Who are the “other sheep” who listen to the shepherd’s voice?  Besides listening to it in Scripture, where else might they listen for it?

God talks to us at a level in ourselves that we cannot reach... an inner dimension that we didn’t know we possessed until He declared Himself in it.  ~ Louis Evely

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