Call the Shepherd

I looked in the spirit and saw a lamb who wanted an adventure on its own. Being with the flock was one monotonous valley after another. Surely a little detour wouldn’t hurt? No one would notice its departure, for The Shepherd was far ahead and He had the whole flock to tend to.

The little lamb took its chance and left. Oh what a sense of freedom. To be away from the flock by itself. Surely it didn’t need to be afraid. This was just a quick time away from the Shepherd. 

But it tripped and slipped and became tangled in awful prickly stuff that hurt every time it moved. Shame set it in and it felt so alone. But it remembered the Shepherd, the One who would come every time He was called. The One who showed His love for His sheep over and over again. 

The lost lamb called and He appeared. The Shepherd knelt and unravelled the thorny bushes, speaking in that voice that warmed the heart, that voice the lamb knew. And the Shepherd led the little lamb back home. 

Activation:
Have you been caught in any traps lately? We all have our temptations to wander away from God – self reliance, isolation, self pity. We need the Shepherd to come and unravel us from the snares that catch us. Call on Him for your troubles and He will come! Psalm 34:17-18 (NIV)
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.