The Good Shepherd / I AM HE

The Good Shepherd:

Blessed are we who get to hear The Voice, experience a life under The Care of,  and understand and now The Heart of the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd who speaks so very clearly to us, and teaches us to recognize His voice.

I loved the example provided about the home phone, where we must over time learn to know a voice which is significant and recognizable. When we are disciplined in learning the Voice of the Shepherd, it will become UNMISTAKEABLY RECOGNIZABLE.  I long to know this voice so intimately.

I also loved the piece shared about the canoe. I, and many living in these crazy times, have NO idea where I am going. And yet, Jesus sits, leading out in front knowing what is coming for me, and you, laughing. This adventure is about trust, HE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE GOING!

Lord, would your voice speak so clearly to me that I will never mistake it for a thieves. Would you be my guiding light, and would you inspire me to submit and engage with the adventure you have called me to each day. AMEN.

I AM HE:

I love the question initially posed at the beginning of this sermon: “Did Jesus himself ever claim to be the living God in the flesh?”

The referenced text of John 7 and 8 is challenging, and sheds light on how Jesus comes in to the world and our own lives – BOLDY proclaiming that He is indeed the living God, whom we seek to worship. Jesus, in the middle of the feast, tells us exactly Who He Is, the Great I Am.

I feel a constant questioning by Jesus asking me “Whom do you seek?”, Always followed up by an “I Am He.” How I pray that every time I am asked this question, and Jesus answers, that I would just submit and fall on my knees in worship.

Because of Jesus claim, we no longer need worry about what to do with our lives, or to try and discover who we are on our own! All things we do can be answered y looking to The Living God in the Flesh, may we never operate without reference to Jesus. May I surrender to the one who knows how to live, and is Life itself!