What kind of Shepherd do you have?

Among the many words found in the Bible to describe our Lord, we find the term Shepherd mentioned many times.

Jacob gives us the first mention in the bible of God as our Shepherd.

Gen 48:15 "He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, "

He is the good Shepherd

John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep."

He is the great Shepherd
Heb 13:20 "Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,"

He is the chief Shepherd
1 Peter 5:4 "And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory."


Because God is our Shepherd, we His flock are fully secure in Him. If we were to place the salvation of our souls in the hands of men, fallen traditions, religious practices, laws, and forms, we would have no security at all. When we consider the scope and depth of the eternal purpose of our God, our hearts are ushered into songs of praise. For we realise that it has not been by the strength of hand or the skill of tongue that we could stand before our Lord at the great white throne, but by His mercy and grace afforded to us in the time of our most desperate need.

The glorious Shepherd presented to us in the Bible, is one who intimately knows His sheep and His sheep know Him. He purposed in eternity past to have a people to represent Him and to express Him. Every intricate detail of their history and destiny has been prepared by Him. Through each step of their walk with Him, He is intimately involved. He is not a spectator who simply watches human history unfold. Nor is He a God who fails and re-works His plan each time someone rejects Him. What our God has decreed, it shall be done. Everything that He has willed shall come to pass (Psa 33:11, Prov 19:21, Eph 1:11). The Shepherd gains His flock without the loss of a single sheep. The sheep praise the Shepherd and glorify Him, and those who are not His own, He shall exercise His wrath by His perfect justice.

If recently you have been bothered by certain persons, events, or circumstances, realise that your Shepherd has not forgotten you. While those who boast in their strength in the world do so to their own destruction, we frail ones would simply lean upon the breast of our Beloved. We would rather walk with Him in the dark than walk alone in the light. Every breath, every step, every thought we have are known by Him, planned by Him, willed by Him, and will consummate in His glory. May the Lord continually afford us His grace day by day, so that we would live in praise of Him.

"O Lord my God, how I thank You that You are my wonderful Shepherd. It is beyond my mind to fathom Your unsearchably rich ways. Forgive Me for the times I have lived in doubt, casting my eyes upon the seen and temporal rather than setting my whole being upon You. You are the Shepherd who even became a frail lamb in your incarnation. As the lamb of God, You shepherded man in Your human living. In Your living You lived perfectly, willingly, obediently, and without resistance even unto the death of a cross to shepherd me in Your crucifixion. Now, You have brought me into Your one flock through Your death-conquering, triumphant resurrection. You are now the ascended One, the Most High, with the name above every name. Open me continually to Your shepherding. Cause me to lie down and rest in You, eating You as the fat pasture and drinking You as the waters of rest. Lord Jesus, I love You, my wonderful Shepherd. Amen."