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The Good Shepherd leads us in obedience
Sheep are known for being creatures of habit.
If left alone they will follow the same path every day to the same pasture every day and graze on the same pasture every day until the pasture is completely barren and unable to provide for the sheep.
But that won’t stop the sheep.
Even after the pasture is barren the sheep will continue to follow the same path every day until it leads to destruction.
Sound like anyone else you know?
Day after day following the habits of our sin nature.
Day after day taking the same paths to our sin.
Day after day leading ourself to barren pastures.
Pastures with no hope of meeting our needs and providing us life.
But we are creatures of habit aren’t we?
Even after we have learned how destructive that path may be without even thinking we find ourselves heading back down there again.
Isaiah 53:6 says, “All we like sheep have gone astray everyone has turned to their own way.”
We’ve all turned away from God.
We need a shepherd.
But not just any shepherd will do.
We need the Good Shepherd who will leads us away from the path of sin and onto paths of righteousness.
If you are here this morning and you are one a well worn path of sin.
Today is the day to repent and follow Jesus.
We won’t take the path of righteousness on our own.
We must in humility submit to the leadership of our shepherd and let Him guide us.
Would you come to Jesus this morning?
He is the Good Shepherd.
He will lead you out of your sin and into paths of righteousness.
You don’t have to visit the same paths every day.
There is hope.
There is grace.
His name is Jesus.
Let Him lead you today.
You may be thinking but I’ve gone too far.
I’ve walked away too much.
He’s had to come find me too many times.
Surely, He’s done with me.
That is a understandable response.
I’ve felt those things.
I’ve said those things.
All that means is you don’t understand your shepherd.
Luke 15:1–7 (ESV)
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’
7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
The Lord is my shepherd.
The Lord is my shepherd.
You may be caught in a thicket of temptation.
You may be about at rock bottom.
You may be hiding.
Too ashamed to come out.
Too afraid to ask for help.
Be the shepherd is coming.
Jesus is coming and he’s looking for you.
But look at what the verse says, does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing
He will not give up.
He will not stop coming for you.
He will not stop searching for you.
Until he finds you.
And when He finds you He will reach down and pick you up and put you on his shoulders and lead you in paths of righteousness.
And he will rejoice.
That’s our shepherd.
The Lord is our shepherd.
He’s coming.
He’s gonna leave you lost.
He’s not going to leave you stuck.
The shepherd is coming and he will find you.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
But the text isn’t done.
There is one more little phrase left and we cannot miss this phrase.
for his name’s sake.
Why does he provide all our needs?
Why does he give us an abundant life?
Why does he restore our soul?
Why does he lead us in path of righteousness?
It could be easy to read these verses and think we are at the center of it all.
We are the main character.
But the verse explains why he does all of these things.
It’s for the sake of his name.
Psalm 31:3 says For your name’s sake you lead me and guide me.
Have you ever heard the difference between cats and dogs?
When dogs see you pet them, clean up after them, give them food and water they think your god.
When cats see this they think their god.
We must not do this.
When we see all that God does for us it is easy to think that we are God.
But were not.
We are not the main character of our story.
God is.
Everything we do must be about God because everything God does is about God.
When we are so content in Jesus that all our needs are met.
God is glorified.
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