Today’s Scripture: “[Jesus]
goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice”
John 10:4
Spiritual Exercise Just
sitting down to prepare tonight’s Alpha talk “How does God guide us?” and I am
struck again by the extraordinary fact that the God of the Universe actually
cares about our lives, cares about the choices we make, he actually has a plan
for our lives and seeks to work within us to bring about the good works he has
prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10). Wow! Jesus says that this
leading, this guidance I like a Shepard leading a bunch of sheep. The Shepard
has been so long with the sheep and the sheep so long with the Shepard that the
sheep know the Shepard’s voice instinctively and the Shepard knows each of his
sheep by name.
I don’t know if you are facing some
big (or even small) decisions at the moment. Often I can be filled with anxiety
or stress when faced a decision. Well, get with the Shepard. The promises is as
we get as close to him as we can. We will hear and recognise his voice, he will
call us by name, and lead us.
But we must trust him for this
work. We must but down our agenda and recognise the only agenda that has any
future is God’s. So, as the psalmist prayed, let us “Commit your way to the
Lord, TRUST HIM, and He will ACT!” Psalm 37:5
(no post tomorrow - its Sunday!)
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