9-13-08SCRIPTURE
Ezekiel 34:2, 4-5 ...Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.
OBSERVATION
I guess I would be considered a shepherd, right. I am the dad to Cole, Noah, Sara & Jake and no one can replace me in that role. I am the husband to my best friend and lover -- Jenny and no one can replace me in that role either. I pastor a church called Radiant Life Fellowship. That's also a shepherding role. As a shepherd, I do not want the above verses from Scripture said of me and my shepherding roles. I want to be a GOOD shepherd. I want to be known as a shepherd who 'takes good care of the flock'. A good shepherd that loves his sheep (my family, my church and my neighbors) enough to not only die for them...but to show them how to live well. As a shepherd...I am also a sheep. Jesus is my Good Shepherd. I need my Shepherd.
APPLICATION
This week, I am going to ask for some feedback on how I'm doing as a shepherd. I'm going to ask my kids how I am doing as their dad. I'm going to ask Jenny, my wife, how I am doing as her husband. I'm going to ask our church how I am doing as one of their pastors. I'm even going to ask my neighbors if they think I am a good neighbor. Then I will listen to their responses and make appropriate changes.
PRAYER
Thank you God for trusting me with such precious people to care for. I am a blessed man.
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