Jesus, the Good Shepherd, does care. He never once ditched ..or bailed out on His own. Yes, not even in our day will He forsake us. Words are so inadequate to accurately express the depths of our Chief Shepherd's love for His flock or even for sinners...
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" firstjn3/1
"He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages." ~ Sir Robert L'Estrange
"The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep." 10/13jn
The same God who flung galaxies out there into being simply won't leave you. This is the One known for loving all His sheep the same so to speak, yes, "gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart" 40/11isa.
How strong is God's love for us? Well, you and I can tell by the unthinkable price that Jesus Christ came and paid for us at Calvary. You are so loved!
And since You and I are so loved, believers, let's choose to hate what Christ hates ..and love Christ more ..and all that He loves (all sinners saved or not) in the way that He loves.. "For the love of Christ constraineth us (compels us nkjv, controls us nlt).." 5/14secondcor
Jesus, the good Shepherd, never ditched or bails out on His own. Words are so inadequate to express the depths of this Shepherd's love for us: "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!"
O how He loves you and me! Jesus Christ will never leave you or forsake you!
The hireling might look like a good shepherd, but he keeps all his options open and jumps on the opportunity that looks more profitable for him and his family ..regardless of what that will mean for the church or other people.
The same Shepherd and God that we see in the Old Testament - that's the God that we see in the Book of Acts as well as in the entire New Testament. He loves us and hasn't changed one bit, but still has a big missionary heart for blessing and saving people everywhere. Let's earnestly pray (as the Spirit leads..) to be more involved with Him and His great plan.
P. Where is God, my Maker, who gives joyous songs in the night—songs of mighty deliverance? Intervene O Lord. Rank degeneracy has spread over our human race. Fear is there as economies are failing. Even our leaders are immoral and lie. They care for themselves, but help us not be like that. The masses are turning glory into shame, and "bad" into so called "good." Rampant, perverse wickedness is rendering us forgetful of You and your ways in this Land. The Bible has been flung aside, yet we all still need Your Word. Recall Your wandering children. Recall us to Your side. We aren't better than, just better off. Impress on the Church a deep sense of divine and biblical things—then render that sense lasting and most effectual inside each of our minds. Make us part of the solution, rather than part of the problem today.
O Father God, who is like You? None, nowhere.. not even close! Thank you for Christ our selfless Chief Shepherd. What a Gift who died for my sin and rose again. He showed us what You are really like ..so use us to do that too.. OK. So wanna be like Him in His Character, approach, and holy Love today. I had a false religious concept of how You are for too long a time, but still want to grow in the grace and understanding of Your nature and precepts. Ain't near perfect in fruit-bearing, but I adore You my Vine. God, I still don't care about people the way that Jesus did, but I all-out-bless Your magnificent Name. Sorry I don't do better - such a wretch. For some reason I don't care for people as You or Your Spirit do, but You are here to change that. Glad for refills.
Increase, take more ground in me. I'm all Yours. Help me "get it" permanently ..much better than I do.
Wanna cooperate well. Whatever You've pour into born again men before, whatever You've done with believers in days gone by.. please do it again in me now.. do it in and through us. WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE THROUGH YOUR CHURCH BEFORE.. kinda thinking of Acts ..O DO IT AGAIN WHILE THERE'S TIME. Like a mighty rushing wind ......come in. Trust You for the rain. Not thinkin' of drizzle or some light downpour. I worship and praise You.
Feel so grateful that You've never ignored us, but instead You proactively came after and found each of us ..stumbling-outsiders.. hurtin', empty, and just wanderin' around in our blindness.. yeah, right into harmful stuff ..and then You rescued us one by one. You transferred us into a much better zone so to speak. I was much blinder than a bat in a dank dark cave, much lost-er than a lizard all alone in a hot desert, much guiltier that all and so afraid to die, knowin' somethin' wasn't right. Undam the flow of living-water kinda rivers. Many more are still thirsty.
We were rad-rebels, yet You saw and cared. In Your great mercy, ginormous-compassion and glorious grace, You acted as others just stood there ignorant. You wanted us. You still want us and all our friends in Your warm family, so close, so that we might be with You non-stop.. for good. So gracious. Thanks for all the undeserved security, life, privilege, and abundance.
Kinda hard to explain it. How can we.. to whom can we.. show Your love through us today? Don't wanna impede Your work. Just do Your thing however You desire. Break the dam. Send out Your anointed truth, Your holy light, Your reviving fire. Blow away spiritual compromise and slumber. Blow all away.. the sorrow, grief and ashes of horrific unbelief by Your Spirit's mighty breath.
Revisit here and gather fruits to Your glory—so shall I fulfill the great end of my being. Got a white flag flyin', but it's not up for the enemy. Methods change, truth never! Equip, mobilize and send. Here am I. Show details of how together.. we can bring closure on Your Great Commission. We expect, not from anyone else, but our eyes are dead-bolted in Your direction O Shepherd of Israel. We give You all the thanks and glory in Jesus Name. Amen. facebook.com/ShareJesus
