The Shepherd's Voice

And a very good morning to you! It is Tuesday morning, 8th ofMarch, the year 2022. And this is your friend Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“…the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.”

John 10:3

Jesus leads us, He does not chase us from behind. In the west, we use sheepdogs to herd our sheep but in the Middle East the shepherds lead their sheep and their sheep follow them because they hear and know the shepherd’s voice. “How does this happen?”, you might say. Well, because they spend time with him all day long, not just for five minutes in the morning. You know, I have a very dear friend, a very successful forester and they tell me that when he was running his huge operation, he employed over 900 employees. Do you know, he would greet every person by name every day... No wonder they worked so well for him.

In these turbulent times in which we live, folk just don’t know what to believe. They don’t know where to go and they don’t even know what to do. We need to follow the Good Shepherd. Many of us today are just like Thomas, one of the Lord’s disciples - Remember Thomas?

In John 14:5: "How can we know the way?"
Verse 6, Jesus the Good Shepherd says: “Thomas, I am the way.”
Involve the Good Shepherd today in every single decision you make.

You know, there is one man, one of my heroes, a Zulu preacher by the name of William Duma and he would do nothing without God’s permission. Once a group of men came to him and said, “We see you have done so much work for Jesus. We want to send you to Israel on a tour.” They asked him and they asked a number of other pastors. All the other pastors put their hands up and they said, “Yes, please. Thank you. God bless you!” But the man of God, William Duma, who came from the South Coast of KZN, from the Umkomaas mountains said: “Can I let you know tomorrow. I just have to ask permission from my Good Shepherd to see if I can go.”

A famous preacher once said, “The best thing that we can do for people is to make them hearers from Heaven.”

Today, listen to the Good Shepherd and you won’t make a mistake.
Jesus bless you and goodbye!