A good shepherd leads his sheep from the front of the flock. He walks ahead of the sheep and they know his voice and they trust him.
Just so, Jesus is our Shepherd. Jesus leads us to an eternity with GOD in Heaven. Without Jesus no one is going to spend eternity with GOD.
And we should know our Shepherd. We should trust our Shepherd so that He can lead us on the straight and narrow way to Heaven.
How do we know Jesus? We learn to trust Jesus in every aspect of our lives by prayer and through the reading of the Bible, through other Christ followers telling us their stories and by fellowshipping together.
Gradually the character of Jesus is revealed to us as we begin to understand the Grace of GOD. As we understand that GOD wants each and every one of us to be saved. And as we see the miracles daily that GOD sets before each one of us, if we will but open our eyes to see.
As the Holy Spirit lives in us and fills us and convicts us, we begin to understand our own sinful natures and we repent of the way we used to live, think and speak. As this process takes place we understand that our sin nailed Jesus to that Cross and kept Him there until He gave up His life for you and for me to have eternity with GOD.
Without that immense sacrifice on the part of Jesus to take our sins and pay for them on that Cross, we could never ever hope to enter Heaven.
Gratitude needs to fill our hearts for what our Shepherd has done to save each one of us.
Prayer: ABBA FATHER, today I come before YOU with an attitude of gratitude for what Jesus did for me and continues to do for me. I thank YOU for the Holy Spirit which convicts me daily when I sin. I thank YOU for YOUR grace in sending Jesus to this earth to pay for my sins. I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Stay amazingly gratefully Jesus Blessed today!
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