The Sheep of Your Pasture

"But we your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will give thanks to you forever,

from generation to generation we will recount your praise."

- Psalm 79:13

Have you ever thought of yourself as a sheep in the Lord's pasture? To me that is a reassuring. It is a picture of God's love and guidance for our lives. As much as my prideful self hates to admit it this means that I am not in control. This means that I have to surrender control of my life to the shepherd. But thanks be to God that when the Lions, Wolves and Bears come we have our shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ.

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me."

- John 10:10-14