Seeking Our Shepherd (SOS)

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 

This Psalm and the LORD’s prayer are most likely the two most committed to memory from the Bible.  Within these two runs the same thought, a relationship between man and GOD!

The idea of having a personal relationship with the ALMIGHTY is beyond comprehension and yet it’s fact.  He is “my” Shepherd!  Yes, He can be the shepherd of others, but He is mine! 

It is important for sheep to follow the shepherd. If we claim this verse we must also be following.  If not it does not pertain to you and this rest of this beautiful Psalm are just words for those that have a real, “born again” relationship with the SHEPHERD!  Is He your Shepherd?

Once I strayed in the field

Not knowing where to go.

Wandering from here to there

Going along with all the flow.

Life had no real meaning to me

I was aimlessly moving along.

Thinking this was all there was

And all my hope was gone.

Then I heard the Shepherd’s voice,

“Come follow Me”.

I no longer I walk without great hope

“The Good Shepherd” mine you see! 

“Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” John 10:7-18