Have You Lost Your Way? Ready to Give Up?

When we wander off track of the way we should go, that’s when the Great Shepard comes looking for us to help us back into the fold for protection. We are God’s sheep and He is the shepherd. Jesus said my sheep know my voice and the voice of a stranger they will not follow (John 10-5,27). Our Great Shepard will leave the fold to find us when we are heading into trouble. Sometimes we listen to His voice of correction and sometimes we don’t. When we don’t we go further into unnecessary stress and troubles. Some of us have to get it the hard way. So until we are convinced we’re in real trouble, we won’t change our direction. The example of the prodigal son in the bible demonstrates what happens when we leave the fold of protection and provision. Sometimes the Lord will lead us into the wilderness for us to grow up. And because we use the fold’s protection and comfort as a crutch in life, that will stunt our spiritual growth. Spiritual growth as well as mental, and physical requires action on our part. No pain no gain is a well known phrase we’ve heard before. As human beings we are known to become very comfortable and borderline too leisurely in life to be productive or receive God’s instructions for our best lived life. If you are that sheep that has gone astray, and you’ve finally had enough of the evil roller coaster you’ve been riding, then turn back to what you know brought you more peaceful conditions. It’s never the Lord who will reprimand you for having gone astray, because He is eager to take you back in a heartbeat.