I start every day with God and reading daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today’s devotion is titled “Know His Voice” Julie Schwab wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from John 10:1–10 with the key verse, “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” John 10:14
My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ; for all I write, I first pray to God to guide my words to serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led me to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as my inspiration for comments and witnessing.
Since the first known case of Covid until now, there are turbulent times. We elected a new President, but not without controversy. We had an attack by insurgent groups who wanted to take over the government, disfranchise millions of votes, and reinstate Donald Trump as President.
Why? These people believed when Donald Trump said that the election was stolen and took over The Capital. Extreme right-winged media outlets carried the same message. This is a perfect example of people acting like sheep and following “the thieves [who] comes only to steal and kill and destroy” (John 10:10)
In my opinion, this illustrates how much we need Jesus in our lives. He is the Good Shepherd. He calls us, and we follow. As a Good Shepherd, he looks after us and keeps us safe from all harm, including false and dangerous media outlets. Like sheep, we (God’s children) learn to know the voice of our Shepherd through our relationship with Him. And as we do, we see His character and learn to trust Him. As we grow to know and love God, we’ll be discerning of His voice and better able to run from the thieves [who] comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
A question to reflect on:
What’s one thing you’ve learned about God’s character through reading Scripture? How did that impact you? What will help you to discern God’s voice?
I learned about God’s character by reading through the scriptures that His word is truth. God orchestrates events (with the help of the Holy Spirit) for the good of those who love and follow Him.
My Prayer for Us:
Heavenly Father, thank You for being our loving Shepherd. Help us to recognize and follow Your voice only.
Our Daily bread Ministries (2021/03/25) Know His Voice, Julie Schwab, retrieved from www.odb.org 25/03/2021 Know His Voice