Without a Shepherd

have you ever felt that you are lost, forsaken ,don’t know what to do, no one cares about you , can’t find some one to help you, to answer your questions,someone who cares to lead, to guide, to walk with you through your life,someone who loves you, and leads you to the right path, to the true path that you were born to walk through, ever thought that you are without a Shepherd, and you know that you need that Shepherd badly , to lead you, carry your pain and love you, to feel satisfied ?to feel safe ? .

many are feeling the same as you do, I am one of those many. I need a Shepherd

let’s find out who can be our shepherd.

in mark 6

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30The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

 32So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. 33But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

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as we see Jesus is offering himself to be our Shepherd,every lost one, every  one stumbling in his or her way, each one who feels like he is a sheep without a Shepherd, If you say in your heart, if you feel it, if you keep telling yourself ” I AM A SHEEP WHITHOUT A SHEPHERD”  here’s your answer, here’s your shephered, here’s my shephered, here is the one who have COMPASSION on us, here’s the one that feels our pain, that touched it, that is having COMPASSION  on YOU and ME ,on every SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD…

a question that’s always in minds, where can i find this Shepherd, where can i find Jesus the Shepherd, where i can find the rest to my soul. Those people on marc 6 are lucky ? because they found him?,, those people are better than me ? , are they good people and i am not that’s why they found Jesus.? are those questions are in your mind ? the answer is : in marc 6:33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

what happened is that those people , saw Jesus and the apostles ,they recognized them, so they RAN on FOOT from All the towns and got there ahead of them, those people did nothing but when they recognized him, they ran to him,

they ran to him, and it didn’t matter where they were from, they ran to him on foot,no horses no cars, just their foot,,, so the answer is when you recognize God, when you see him, when you hear him, when you hear his call Don’t Ignore it,  all you have to do is to follow it, when you recognize God in a church, when you recognize him in a praise song, when you recognize him in a preaching, when you recognize him in his words in his holy bible, when your heart recognize God, Run, just run towards God, no need to be someone, or to have something,just run on your foots, carry yourself to him, he called on you because he is having compassion on you, he loves you and he loves us all. when you recognize him don’t ignore it, remind yorself of your need to a shepherd, remind your self with his compassion. remind yourself  how much love and life you are going to have because he is your Shepherd.

the followings words are from God to you, telling you how good shepherd he is , he is telling us all ” You can be my Sheep, I love you, and don’t worry I am a good shepherd”

in John 10

 11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

 14“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

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God is telling you that he is the good Sheperd , he laid his life for you, he cares about you, he is not like a hired man, God is going to protect you from the wolve, the wolve that is dangerous to you, that causes you fear that brings you pain. have no fear of not recognizing him,God is the good sheperd, and he is telling you. “16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.” he is saying I must bring you, it’s true you are not from this sheep pen, but you are going to listen to my voice, you are going to hear me and you are going to join my flock, and you will be my sheep and i will be your shepherd. I am stronger than sin, I beat it on the cross, I’m stronger than any circumstances you are in. you are going to be my sheep.

 Feel how much Love and Compassion God is having towards every one of us. no longer you will be lost, no longer you will be a sheep without a shepherd but you are going to join his flok, accept him, accept him when you recognize him, when you hear his voice.

I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.  John 8:12

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” . John 10:11

16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. john 3:16

Please Check the parable of the lost sheep

Who’s My Mentor ? ?

Some times i find no one to guide or to lead my spiritual life, at church there’s a youth leader, but it’s been a month since the group was made ,it’s supposed to be once a week, any way for the last month it was canceled each time because the leader is not availble or because someone is not coming because he had to travel for work for a while or something and we are not supposed to continue sessions with out him. anyway , this month i needed guidance the most, i was stumbling in so many ways, in so many issues , and since i needed help i couldn’t find, i prayed for God and asked who can help me ? , i am left alone, no one has time to help me ,to answer my questions, and i am having hard time now, i was astonished or shocked , because how can my spiritual life depends on someone or somepeople that at sometime they maynot be availble or here, i was sad actually and hopeless, many questions were in my mind and i couldn’t help it. Iam sure that many of you , feel the same, ( i hope you don’t actually ) but it’s  was the sad truth for me, no one is surrounding to help, the answer is in the following lines in psalm 119

m Mem

 97 Oh, how I love your law!
       I meditate on it all day long.

 98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
       for they are ever with me.

 99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
       for I meditate on your statutes.

 100 I have more understanding than the elders,
       for I obey your precepts.

 101 I have kept my feet from every evil path
       so that I might obey your word.

 102 I have not departed from your laws,
       for you yourself have taught me.

 103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
       sweeter than honey to my mouth!

 104 I gain understanding from your precepts;
       therefore I hate every wrong path.

— notice with me the first verses :

 97 Oh, how I love your law!
       I meditate on it all day long.

– it  says here  ” I meditate on it all day long” the law which is God’s words to each one of us when one meditate on them (think of them, understand them, love them, hold them by his heart”- I am starting to get a clue-

 98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
       for they are ever with me.

– the commands of God are making me wise…

 99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
       for I meditate on your statutes.

– I have more insight than all my teachers

the writer is saying that he is having more insight than all his teachers for he mditates on God’ statutes 

 100 I have more understanding than the elders,
       for I obey your precepts.

he is having more understanding than the elders because he obey’s God’s precepts.

 

what God told me then, that my mentor is God himself, I do need a youth leader, i do need to have a group in the church , but God is not going to leave me alone ,God is not going to leave me as a leaf carried by the wind that has no one to collect , God saying I am not leaving you , i will take care of you ,i will tell you what to do through my words , my law , my statutes my precepts, Don’t worry  they will make you wise, it will give you sight, it will give you understanding,.

this is very beautiful from God, he is taking care of every one of us, when we ask him to be our mentor, it’s a great honour, a great chance to have a master a teacher who is God. so you can have God as your mentor, ask him , tell him God i want  you to teach me, i want to follow your law,your commands, your satutes, your preciepts because you will give me understanding , you will give me wisdom , you will  tell me what to do , and you will lead me through each day of my life through them , nothing is going to stop God’s love, God’s guidance, God’s parenthood from us, God’s love is unstopable,  even when you are left alone with no one to tell you what to do, God is there ,i prayed to God i told him what to do , i have no one to take care of me, but God answered through his words telling me i am taking care of you, pray to God to take care of you , to lead you , to be your mentor, to support you, his love is incredible , his love is so pure and complete,. actually i am going to take it as for all time, take that God is my mentor, i do need  the youth group and the youth leader, God is going to talk to me through them ,God is the source, if the words of the leader is not from God, they are useless, God is the source, God is the mentor, however things are bad at your group or something, God is always here , God is the source, I am going to ask God every day to be my mentor , to lead me, to tell me what to do, to help me  and answer my questions, God gave us a precious gift which is the holy bible, it’s God message for each one of us every day a specific message for each one of us every day ,every minute, for every thought and every challenge and every questions. Let’s not forget that God is the great teacher , he is all in all , and he is my and your mentor.

if you want God to teach you , please pray right now, aks him to be your father ,your love, your salvation and your teacher, tell him i want you, i open my heart for you to love ,to lead and to guide me through my life. tell him all your fears, all your questions, becuase he has all the love, all the courage, all the wisdom, all the power and all the answers.

Don’t worry we are God’s sons and daughters, he loves us, he is our father, he is taking care of us, don’t let fear  slip into your heart, remember that God is mighty to save, and he is stronger than any circumstances or any problems or difficulities, remeber that your lord has conquered the grave, created the heaven and the earth , he can take care of each one of us, and he loves to do so, believe him ,blieve his words, and ask him to be in your life.

God bless you all.