Ezekiel 33-34: Only One Good Shepherd

“‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.  I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. - Ezek. 34: 11-16 NIV

What would we do if we didn't have a good shepherd?   One that searches until he finds us and looks after us as we cannot look after ourselves.  What would we do if we didn't have such a shepherd?  The world tries to shepherd us, tries to tell us what is good for us and promises to care for us, but all of those promises always turn out to be empty.  There is only one way to dwell in green pastures and that is to be willing to be led by the good shepherd.  There is only one shepherd that will bind our wounds and strengthen the weak and that is to be willingly led by the good shepherd who will lead us to the heights if we will follow.  There is only one.

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