Sheep Listen

Read John 10:22-30

You may or may not think so, but sheep are interesting. Think about it - they become so familiar with their shepherds voice that when they hear it they listen. And Jesus uses this truth to explain to a gathering of Jewish people that they in fact are not His sheep. How does He know this? Well of course because He's God, but also because He already told them He was the Christ and they didn't recognize His voice. See if they were His sheep they would have known He was their shepherd, their Messiah.

Now for many of us we have already identified Jesus as our Shepherd so we know His voice and we follow Him. But at times for all of us we confuse His voice for someone elses. And it's at these times we have to learn to block out the noise and really focus on the voice of God. Because if we don't we are following another shepherd and that shepherd doesn't have our best interest in mind.

Take time and consider areas of your life where you are hearing and following Jesus' voice. Isn't it wonderful to know God is with you, guiding and navigating you through the turns of life? But then take some additional time, and this really requires focused attention, and consider areas of your life where you aren't hearing and following Jesus' voice. Question - how's that working out for you? All of us need this reminder that we can only hear God's voice if He is our shepherd. Let's listen to His voice and follow Him.