Topic: Good Shepherd [David Jeremiah Ministry 16 July  2024 | Turning Point Ministries]

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Good Shepherd

JULY 16, 2024

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
John 10:11

 Recommended Reading: Psalm 23:1-6

When a teenage David offered to fight the Philistine giant Goliath, King Saul doubted his ability—until David provided evidence from his life as a shepherd. Whenever a lion or bear attacked his flock, David would fight and kill the attacking beast and rescue his sheep from its claws and teeth. David said he would do the same to Goliath, and Saul acquiesced (1 Samuel 17:32-37).

As a shepherd, David fulfilled his two most important tasks: provide for his flock and protect his flock. He saw God fulfilling those same two responsibilities for His people and for him personally and wrote a song illustrating God’s role as the Shepherd: Psalm 23. God provides green pastures for His flock and protects them in the valley of the shadow of death. The role of the Good Shepherd is one Jesus took upon Himself as Israel’s Messiah—a Shepherd who “gives His life for the sheep.”

Jesus is still the Good Shepherd. He can defeat any giant that stands in your way. You can trust Him for provision and protection every day until He comes to gather His flock to Himself.

Before an emergency arises, God in his providence has made adequately and perfectly timed provision to meet it.
J. Oswald Sanders

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