Answering the question posed in the book, I believe my need is mostly for him to "lead me out." By "out" I mean doing his will. My selfishness and wish fro privacy get in the way so often. This analogy has always fascinated me because every time I read it, it seems to give me a different message. Sometimes comforting, sometimes inspiring, sometimes bewildering. The part about "freely lay down m life" is one of the latter. We need a sermon about that, I suppose.
I get a little lost in the logistics of this. And I agree with Bev that this is a bewildering one. When we hear these stories we would be better served to understand them, maybe if we were sheep farmers.
Anyhow all that aside, the message that i get is that Jesus knows us, knows our names, and will lay down his life for us. Good message as we move to Palm Sunday and Holy Week.
Answering the question posed in the book, I believe my need is mostly for him to "lead me out." By "out" I mean doing his will. My selfishness and wish fro privacy get in the way so often. This analogy has always fascinated me because every time I read it, it seems to give me a different message. Sometimes comforting, sometimes inspiring, sometimes bewildering. The part about "freely lay down m life" is one of the latter. We need a sermon about that, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteI get a little lost in the logistics of this. And I agree with Bev that this is a bewildering one. When we hear these stories we would be better served to understand them, maybe if we were sheep farmers.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow all that aside, the message that i get is that Jesus knows us, knows our names, and will lay down his life for us. Good message as we move to Palm Sunday and Holy Week.