HIRELINGS ARE NOT TRUE SHEPHERDS

Every Sunday morning at our Prayer Works, Lori our leader asks what God has done in our lives over the past week. There are most always a number of people who share. The following is what God has taught me this week.

I began my BSF class on The Life of Moses. I continue our Band of Brothers Men's Bible Study on spiritual gifts. I continue our Small Group study beginning with 2 Corinthians. I have a Mid-month Elder Board meeting on Saturday when we continue to study the 8 systems of a church.

If I'm not careful, I can become a hireling. John 10:22-28 differentiates between a hireling and a true shepherd. The hireling leaves when danger approaches. The true shepherd, of course, tends or watches out over the flock.

Now, the application. I don't want to be a mere hireling, going through the process of studying scripture. How ever intellectually I can answer biblical questions from my studies, it still comes down to making a decision to trust and have faith in Jesus Christ as Lord of my life. The people who belong to Jesus' flock listen to His voice. He knows them, they follow Him. There are a myriad of voices in our lives, but we must hear Jesus' voice if we are His sheep.

Not all voices in our lives are bad. Not my teaching leader, discussion leader(s),nor pastor. I love to hear their voices as they teach me and take me further down my Christian walk. But the voice I have to be able to discern is that of the Savior. Intellectually won't get it. Spirituality will.