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search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is
among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all
places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out
from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and
feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the
country. I will feed them in a good pasture,” which sounds like Psalm 23, “and upon the high
mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall
they feed upon the mountains of Israel.” It sounds like eating the good of the land to me. It
sounds like prosperity, and it sounds like richness. “I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to
lie down, saith the Lord G
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. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was
driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick.”
Who is talking? The Good Shepherd.
He told them, “You didn’t do it.” He told those guys who were abusing the flock and not feeding
them, “You didn’t do it.” He reproved them. He corrected them and said, “I’m going to do it. I’m
going to take care of My sheep.” He mentions specifically, “I’m going to bind up what was
broken, and I will strengthen that which was sick.”
If He is a Good Shepherd, He heals His sick sheep. If He’s a Good Shepherd, He protects His
sheep from danger. If He’s a Good Shepherd, He feeds His hungry sheep. He shelters His sheep.
Some ask, “Well, why are so many of them not?” Well, back to what we were looking at earlier.
Isaiah 53:6 says, “All we like sheep have gone astray.” We have all gone our own way. When
you know there’s the Shepherd, and you know He’s leading you that way, but you’re hardheaded
and stubborn, and you’re going to take off on your own, then you’re not going to be in the fat
pasture. You’re not going to be protected. You’re not going to be healed. You’re not going to get
all of the benefits.
But what if you are a smart little sheep? If you’re smart, you’re not rebellious, and you’re not
stubborn. You’re teachable. You’re not hardheaded. You’re not disobedient.
Say this out loud:
I’m an obedient sheep. Where He leads, I follow,
and I stay close, because there are dangers out there!
“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
I do not lack. I will not lack.
Do you know what John 10 is about? It has red letters, and red letters are better than cash money.
Red letters are better than gold, better than anything. They are the Words of the Master, and you
can build your life on them.
He said in John 10:1, “Verily, verily, I say unto you….” When He says “verily, verily,” that
means you ought to listen from your scalp to your toes and say, “Whoa, this is a big Word!” “He
that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.” Who is the door? Skip down to verse seven.