WE ARE ONE OF HIS SHEEP

 Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my Shepherd.

Sheep can be interesting animals and the Lord compares us to sheep as they apparently have similar emotions to humans, they are social animals, and 95% will follow where 5% lead. They have excellent hearing and are intelligent.😊 Their eyes do have rectangular pupils though which is very different so they can see all directions except immediately behind them. So if you want to sneak up on a sheep do it from behind!

They love to be led and don’t like to be driven and it reminded me of Psalm 23 where David said The Lord is my Shepherd, He leads me beside the still waters. He leads me in the paths of righteousness. It made me realise how important it is for us to follow where the Lord is leading us, because if we do we’ll end up in the right place at the right time. If we feel we’re getting stressed all the time is it because we’ve been following the wrong voice?

He says the Lord makes him lie down in green pastures. Now a sheep is happy when it’s lying down, it means it’s not threatened and can relax. What a lovely picture for us. If we’ll just follow our Good Shepherd we’ll know He’s caring for us, that no threat can harm us because He’s watching over us and we can just relax. Do we forget that sometimes? I know I do and it’s good to re read Psalm 23 and let the Lord calm us down again when we’re all agitated.

He says even when we walk through the valleys we’re safe because we know He’s close by because we hear His voice and one of the ways we hear Him is through His Word.

So may I encourage us all to hear His voice speaking to us through Psalm 23 and let Him anoint us with fresh oil today and cause our cup to overflow once again, because He loves you and you’re one of His sheep. Amen.😊