"..The Good Shepherd...lays down
His...life for the sheep."
(John 10:11AMP)
There are two ways in which we are like sheep:
Without a sheperd to guide us, we get into stuff that hurts us. God has no 'super-sheep. The Bible says: 'All of us, like sheep, have strayed...We have left God's paths to folow our own... (Isaiah 53:6- NLT) Like sheep, sometimes we are clueless and headstrong, choosing things that turn out badly unless GOd intervenes.
Sheep aren't smart enough to hide their shortcomings.
Indeed, their willingness to be what they are is one of their strengths. FE. B. Meyer said, 'Iused to think God's gifts were on shelves, one above the other, and the taller we grew the more
easily we could reach them. I now find they're on shelves, one beneath the other, and it's not a question of growing taller but stooping lower.
Solomon said, '...with humility comes wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2 NLT) Since God already knows everything about you, why bother pretending? Plus, the things you refuse to acknowledge and deal with will just stunt your growth and limit your usefulness to God. That's too high a price to pay!
God values truth and He expects you to be truthful with Him, other people and yourselt. Paul writes:..express truth |in all things, speaking truly, dealing ruly, Iiving truly]... (Ephesians 4:15 AMP) And James adds: Confess your [faults] one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed... (James 5:16 NKJV). We all have our pluses and minuses. But when you give God all that you are (and aren't), he will bless and use you in spite of yourself.
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