Don’t ever sit there and say that you are not like a sheep, that you would never go over that cliff, that you would never fall into that lifestyle, that you would never be addicted to that aspect of rebellion. Don’t say it. We, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned our own way. And we have got to recognize the simple reality, and the profound one, that God owns us and that we are the objects of His affection.
The second reason that I am obliged to recognize His ownership is because I have been purchased with an incredible price. Jesus was called the Lamb of God. Jesus spilled His blood for your sins and mine. He caused the iniquities of us all to fall upon Him. He did that just because of His love, just because we matter to Him. And He has now afforded us the opportunity to become a part of his flock, to be connected to His family. And the moment we simply say, “God, I have been going my own way. God, I am astray. God, I am by myself. God, I am doing life without a shepherd.” The moment we admit that and turn and bow the knee and ask Christ to be our shepherd, to receive what He did for us a couple of thousand years ago, then we have a personal relationship with the Lord. So, God has every right to demand that we recognize His ownership. That is how much we matter to Him.
There is a third reason why God wants us to recognize His ownership. It is because He continually lays His life out for us. Now I am not talking about salvation. That work was finished on the cross. I am talking about the Lord, Himself, interceding for us, guiding us, caring for us, helping us in times of trouble. That is the good shepherd. That is how much He cares about all of us.
Fellowship Church Grapevine: The word peer in my lingo kind of means we peer at each other to see what the other person has. Hummmm.
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