![]() ![]() ![]() If you can’t stand the smell (problems, issues etc) of sheep, you really shouldn’t be a shepherd. We need pastors who love their flock with the love of Christ. Sheep deserve shepherds with Christlike characters. Jesus expects His sheep to be watchful so that they can easily identify these wolves. They’re on the lookout for what’s in it for them. They won’t care that you hunger or thirst. They will not lose any sleep over your pain or hurt. Yes, they love the sheep but for their own selfish gain. Some shepherds might look very appealing on the outside, but in reality they are corrupt wolves. Jesus said, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” – Matthew 7:15. The wolf will lose sleep over your unshakeable faith is the infallible Word of God! Your faith in what God has spoken is what silences the enemy. Faith is not dependent on feelings or on our senses. ![]() In other words, opinions have nothing to do with faith. Opinions lets others know just how limited you are. We, the sheep, need something more tangible than just an opinion. I dare say, then, no wonder the wolf will not lose any sleep over it. The free online dictionary defines opinion as a belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof. We are raised for life! In the Old Testament the sheep died for the sins of the shepherd in the New Testament, the Shepherd has died for the sins of the sheep! In the Old Testament sheep were raised for sacrifice. We ought to depend on Jesus who is our Shepherd. This ought to give us an idea of how God wants us to lead our lives as Christians. All their happiness is in the goodness, care, and wisdom of their shepherd. Sheep are the most dependent creatures in the world. They have not of themselves more knowledge of the saving way than sheep, and so cannot walk but as they are taught and led. Sheep are passive creatures, and can do little for themselves: so can believers in the work of their salvation. In answer to his petition, the Lord appointed Joshua the son of Nun to guide the people into the land of the promise. Listen: May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude: And may go out and in before them, and may lead them out, or bring them in: lest the people of the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd. The first biblical comparison of the people to sheep without a shepherd comes in the book of Numbers 27:16-18, it is from the prayer of Moses as he begs the Lord to appoint a leader for the people after his death. Did you ever get lost and couldn’t find yourself? Isaiah 53:6 says, We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. We too can get lost at the drop of a hat and we have no ability to find ourselves. Apart from being docile and meek, interestingly, sheep are notoriously noted for going astray. ![]() The sheep plunged to their death after one of the sheep tried to cross a 15-meter deep ravine, and the rest of the flock followed. The flocking and following instinct of sheep is so strong that it caused the death of 400 sheep in 2006 in eastern Turkey. Why are we sheep? God created us as social beings and like sheep we tend to flock and follow. The Bible in Psalm 100:3 says, we are the sheep of His pasture. Assume the wolf here is the enemy and the sheep is the Christian. Both wolves and shepherds love sheep to death – the difference is this: one will take the sheep’s life while the other will give his life for the sheep. Generally, I’ve heard it said that the meaning of this quote is: s pend less time worrying about what others think. “Wolves don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep” is a quote that crossed my mind today. ![]()
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