Today's Daily Bread
Star Shepherd
In the spring, shepherds in Idaho move their flocks from the
lowlands into the mountains. Thousands of sheep move up the passes into
the high country to summer pasture.
My wife and I came across a flock on Shaw Mountain last week. It was
bedded down in a meadow by a quiet stream—a picturesque scene that
evoked memories of Psalm 23.
But where was the shepherd? The sheep appeared to be alone—until a
few broke away from the flock and began to wander toward a distant
gully. Then we heard a shrill whistle from above. Looking up, we saw the
shepherd sitting high on a hill above the sheep, keeping watch over his
flock. A mountain dog and two Border collies stood at his side. The
dogs, responding to the shepherd’s signal, bounded down the hill and
herded the drifting sheep back to the flock where they belonged.
In the same way, the Good Shepherd is watching over you. Even though
you cannot see Him, He can see you! He knows you by name and knows all
about you. You are the sheep of His pasture (Ezek. 34:31). God promises
that He will “seek out” His sheep, “feed them in good pasture,” and
“bind up the broken” (vv.12,14,16).
You can trust in God’s watchful care.
I trust in God, I know He cares for me
On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea;
Though billows roll, He keeps my soul,
My heavenly Father watches over me. —Martin
On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea;
Though billows roll, He keeps my soul,
My heavenly Father watches over me. —Martin
The Lamb who died to save us
is the Shepherd who lives to care for us.
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