SHEPHERDS
I Peter 5:1-2a
"The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you...."
Peter was not writing from an academic perspective but from personal experience. He had been there to witness the sufferings and death of the Lord Jesus, and after the resurrection, Jesus – the Great Shepherd – gave him a personal commission to shepherd His sheep. In that exchange, it is clear that the ministry of a shepherd flows out of a love for Jesus. Jesus said to Peter, "Do you love Me? Feed My sheep" (John 21:15-17). We have a multitude of preachers, but a dearth of pastors who are not hirelings, but who love Jesus and His flock and are willing to lay down their lives for His sheep (see John 10:11-15). My heart cries out for a shepherd who truly cares about me and my soul. But my experience says that they are few and far between.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The ministry of the shepherd (pastor) is to love and feed the flock.
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Have a "shepherded" day. Love you.
I Peter 5:1-2a
"The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you...."
Peter was not writing from an academic perspective but from personal experience. He had been there to witness the sufferings and death of the Lord Jesus, and after the resurrection, Jesus – the Great Shepherd – gave him a personal commission to shepherd His sheep. In that exchange, it is clear that the ministry of a shepherd flows out of a love for Jesus. Jesus said to Peter, "Do you love Me? Feed My sheep" (John 21:15-17). We have a multitude of preachers, but a dearth of pastors who are not hirelings, but who love Jesus and His flock and are willing to lay down their lives for His sheep (see John 10:11-15). My heart cries out for a shepherd who truly cares about me and my soul. But my experience says that they are few and far between.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The ministry of the shepherd (pastor) is to love and feed the flock.
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Have a "shepherded" day. Love you.
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