My sheep know My voice. I have sung over you, as shepherds do for their sheep – you have heard My cry over you and I have revealed My heart to you. You have heard My voice many times, you know the way that I speak to you – the union and intimacy that we share.
My sheep know My protection. I have fought lions and bears for you. Whatever threat has come against you, I have stood on your behalf. Even while you were resting, I was watching over you.
My sheep know My dedication. When you have wandered far from My purposes, I have pursued you and sought you out – not allowing you to be lost. For I am the God of the marginalised, the weary and the burdened. I have rescued you and bound your wounds.
My sheep know My correction. When you have needed to know boundaries and a ‘no’ for your own sake, I have corrected you and realigned your heart back to Me. I have kept you in the places you needed to be to grow, and to learn.
My sheep know My provision. I have led you to green pastures, I have provided for your needs and taken pleasure in your good grazing. When the land beneath you has dried, I have brought you to new and plentiful places.
Your life is the story of how you have been shaped by Me, your Good Shepherd. For I am only good. And My purposes in your life are only good, regardless of the season that you are in.
A shepherd is a place of comfort and refuge for the sheep, but he is also a symbol of strength and protection. I am the God of your comfort – the safe place you run to, but I am also the God who defends and protects you – who stands in righteousness and power. Do not be so focused on Me shepherding you in comfort, that you miss My protection and power.
Activation: Ask Jesus what season of shepherding you are in with Him now. Is it revelation, protection, rescue, dedication, correction, provision – or something else? Ask the Holy Spirit to bring to you a deeper understanding of your season now. And what is He leading you into? Pray – Lord, thank-you for being my shepherd, whatever season I am in. Show me how to follow your lead, and to truly understand what it means to be shepherded by you.
The LORD GOD Will Seek Them Out
11 “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for My sheep and will seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out My sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.
13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
15 I Myself will be the shepherd of My sheep, and I Myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.
16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy.[a] I will feed them in justice.
Ezekiel 34:11-16 (ESV)
Footnotes
[a] Ezekiel 34:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over
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