OUR DAILY BREAD : WHO GOES THERE?
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:19 pmOctober 21
Wednesday
WHO GOES
THERE?
READ:
JOHN 10:1-6
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When he brings out
his own sheep, he
goes before them, and
the sheep follow him,.
__John 10:4
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Last fall my wife, Carolyn, and I were driving up a winding mountain road near our home in Idaho when we came across a large flock of sheep moving down the road toward us. A lone shepherd with his dogs was in the vanguard, leading his flock out of summer pasture into the lowlands and winter quarters.
We pulled to the side of the road and waited while the flock swirled around us. We watched them until they were out of sight, then I wondered: Do sheep fear change, movement, new places?
Like most older folks, I like the "fold" __the old, familiar places. But all is shifting and changing these days; I'm being led out, away from familiar surroundings and into a vast unknown. What new limits will overtake me in the coming days? What nameless fears will awaken? Jesus' words from John 10 come to mind: "When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them"(v.4).
We may well be dismayed at what life has for us this year and next, but our Shepherd knows the way we're taking. And He goes before. He will not lead us down paths too dangerous or too arduous where He cannot help us. He knows our limits. He knows the way to green pasture and good water; all we have to do is follow. __David Roper
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````````````Child of My love, fear not the unknown morrow,``````````
`````````````Dread not the new demand life makes of thee;`````````
`````````````Thy ignorance doth hold no cause for sorrow```````````
`````````Since what thou knowest not is known to Me. __Esley```````
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Our unknown future is secure
in the hands of our all-knowing God.
************Today's Bible Reading __ John 1-6*******************
1 "Most assuredly, I say to
you, he who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door,
but climbs up some other
way, the same is a thief and
a robber. 2 But he who
enters by the door is the
shepherd of the sheep. 3 To
him the doorkeeper opens,
and the sheep hear his
voice; and he calls his own
sheep by name and leads
them out. 4 And when he
brings out his own sheep,
he goes before them; and
the sheep follow him, for
they know his voice. 5 Yet
they will by no means
follow a stranger, but will
flee from him, for they do
not know the voice of
strangers."
4 Jesus used this
illustration, but they did not
understand the things which
He spoke to them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In the villages, Jewish shepherds kept their flocks in command
sheepfolds. These sheepfolds would have had gatekeepers who knew
all the shepherds who kept their sheep there. The shepherd arrived
at the gate, was recognized by the gatekeeper, and was allowed to
enter the sheepfold. As the shepherd walked and called among the
mixed flocks, only his own sheep would respond to him. Hearing
and recognizing the shepherd's voice, his sheep would come near
him and follow him out of the sheepfold to the pasture.
__SIM KAY TEE
Wednesday
WHO GOES
THERE?
READ:
JOHN 10:1-6
_____________________________________________________________
When he brings out
his own sheep, he
goes before them, and
the sheep follow him,.
__John 10:4
_____________________________________________________________
Last fall my wife, Carolyn, and I were driving up a winding mountain road near our home in Idaho when we came across a large flock of sheep moving down the road toward us. A lone shepherd with his dogs was in the vanguard, leading his flock out of summer pasture into the lowlands and winter quarters.
We pulled to the side of the road and waited while the flock swirled around us. We watched them until they were out of sight, then I wondered: Do sheep fear change, movement, new places?
Like most older folks, I like the "fold" __the old, familiar places. But all is shifting and changing these days; I'm being led out, away from familiar surroundings and into a vast unknown. What new limits will overtake me in the coming days? What nameless fears will awaken? Jesus' words from John 10 come to mind: "When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them"(v.4).
We may well be dismayed at what life has for us this year and next, but our Shepherd knows the way we're taking. And He goes before. He will not lead us down paths too dangerous or too arduous where He cannot help us. He knows our limits. He knows the way to green pasture and good water; all we have to do is follow. __David Roper
_____________________________________________________________
````````````Child of My love, fear not the unknown morrow,``````````
`````````````Dread not the new demand life makes of thee;`````````
`````````````Thy ignorance doth hold no cause for sorrow```````````
`````````Since what thou knowest not is known to Me. __Esley```````
_____________________________________________________________
Our unknown future is secure
in the hands of our all-knowing God.
************Today's Bible Reading __ John 1-6*******************
1 "Most assuredly, I say to
you, he who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door,
but climbs up some other
way, the same is a thief and
a robber. 2 But he who
enters by the door is the
shepherd of the sheep. 3 To
him the doorkeeper opens,
and the sheep hear his
voice; and he calls his own
sheep by name and leads
them out. 4 And when he
brings out his own sheep,
he goes before them; and
the sheep follow him, for
they know his voice. 5 Yet
they will by no means
follow a stranger, but will
flee from him, for they do
not know the voice of
strangers."
4 Jesus used this
illustration, but they did not
understand the things which
He spoke to them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In the villages, Jewish shepherds kept their flocks in command
sheepfolds. These sheepfolds would have had gatekeepers who knew
all the shepherds who kept their sheep there. The shepherd arrived
at the gate, was recognized by the gatekeeper, and was allowed to
enter the sheepfold. As the shepherd walked and called among the
mixed flocks, only his own sheep would respond to him. Hearing
and recognizing the shepherd's voice, his sheep would come near
him and follow him out of the sheepfold to the pasture.
__SIM KAY TEE
TWO 
Lani
