Our Good Shepherd!
"I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd gives
His life for the sheep."
John 10: 11
When a teenage David offered to fight the
Philistine giant Goliath, King Saul doubted
his ability—until David provided
evidence
from his life as a shepherd.
Whenever a lion or bear attacked his flock,
David would fight and kill the attacking beast
and rescue his sheep from its claws and teeth.
David said he would do the same to Goliath,
and Saul acquiesced (1 Samuel 17:32-37).
As the shepherd, David fulfilled his two most
important tasks: He provided for his
flock and
protected his flock. He saw God fulfilling those
same two responsibilities for His people and
for him personally.
The role of the Good Shepherd is one
Jesus took upon Himself as Israel’s
Messiah,
a Shepherd who “gives His life for the sheep.”
Jesus is still the Good Shepherd. He will
defeat any giant that stands in your way.
Trust Him for provision and protection
until He comes to gather His flock to
Himself.
"Before an emergency arises, God in
his providence has made adequately
and perfectly timed provision to meet
it."
J. Oswald Sanders
