'My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me' (John 10:27).
Jesus, the Son of God came down to earth to save us and to give us eternal life. He, our Good Shepherd, laid down his life for us because he loves us so much. But it is only those who believe on Him by faith, that He is the Son of God, will have the privilege to inherit eternal life and to reign with him for ever.
He is the way, the door that leads us to the Father; Just step right in, Jesus is waiting. He is the Good Shepherd that gives his life for his sheep and is the door of his sheep. He is calling and inviting all who are listening and would like to enter through this door and be saved. Jesus says, "I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine" (John 10:14). When we refuse to listen to Jesus and reject his call, we are separating ourselves from his flock. In other words, we are refusing salvation, which is a free gift to us. The Jews did not believe in him as the Messiah and Saviour of the world. They tried to trap Him in telling them clearly that He was the Christ. But Jesus response to them was,"I told you, and ye believed not...because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:25-27). Jesus is calling us to be his sheep, to know and to follow him, to believe on His name. He is our caring and loving Shepherd, who guards, protects and guides us. He lovingly tends and feed us and knows each of us by name, as we trust Him. Jesus who gave up his life for us, is pleading through the Holy Spirit to our hearts; to listen attentively and hear his voice, get familiar with it that we may trust the truth of all that He says and does, that we may know Him. Let us accept Jesus as our Good Shepherd, know and believe in him, as we recognise his voice, trusting in His gracious words that pour from his lips. Let us have receptive hearts that will trust Him even when we don't understand. Let us rest in His love, abide in his truth and purpose in our hearts to obediently follow him all the way. He who is faithful, promised us eternity with Him and that none shall pluck us out of his hand. May we seek to ever hear His voice and follow Him.
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'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and...
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