His Flock

   “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.” (John 10: 27 – 29)

   We are the flock of the Lord.  We are His sheep and He is our shepherd.  We belong to Him and no one can take us from Him.  There is tremendous comfort in this passage.  The love He has for us is incredible, nothing can take that love from us or force us to leave Him.

   Yet we see those who walk away; who turn from God.  In some instances people who have led a life of faith in the spirit but have lost that faith and reject all that God has to offer.  Sometimes they become discouraged because certain prayers haven’t been answered.  Maybe they have suffered a tremendous loss and blame God.  There may be any number of reasons, but none are sufficient to turn from our Lord.

   We hear people blame Satan for their sins, yet we must cooperate with Satan if we are to sin.  He can’t force us into evil unless we make the choice to join him in sin.  He can tempt, he can lie, he can be very persuasive.  But He can’t take us from the Father.  Only we can make the decision to follow the evil one rather than God.

   No one can snatch us from the Father’s hand.  It can only be done through our own free will; a decision made by us to reject God.  We can’t blame Satan, circumstances and certainly not God.  If we choose to turn from Him and give up eternal life in heaven we have no one to blame but ourselves.  Incredibly, even then He still loves us and will rejoice upon our return.

Lord, so many turn from You.

Reject Your love and salvation.

I pray that they will see the way to return.

Come home to You and Your welcoming arms.

Amen