Monday, May 15, 2017

Rock & Soul : week 3

Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church

The Shepherd of Your Bad Days

Psalm 23:3

What does God think of us?
What is God's reaction toward us when we "stray from the path?"
David had some very high highs and very low lows.
God is not just the Shepherd of my good days.
It's great to have a Shepherd when you're not doing great!

God is great because...
1. Our Shepherd pursues us!
Because we wander.
We all go astray.

"O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,Bind my wandering heart to Thee.Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,Prone to leave the God I love;Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,Seal it for Thy courts above."

Robert Robinson

Luke 15:4
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!"
JOYFULLY

Jeremiah 3:22a
“My wayward children,” says the Lord“come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”

2. Our Shepherd renews us!
Because His heart is to make us stronger!
"He brings my soul back - He restores my soul."
Excerpt from F.B. Meyer quote on Psalm 23

3. Our Shepherd leads us!
Because He wants to take us to right places.
Paths of righteousness...something better.
How does Jesus lead? Always from the front.
John 10:4 "After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice." 
We need to get good at listening to the sound of His voice.
We read His word.
We can't listen in chaos when we don't listen during the calm.

4. Our Shepherd includes us!
In something bigger!
What's one sheep at the end of the day?
What can we as individuals ultimately do?
When one sheep strays they don't think of the impact on the whole flock.
For HIS NAME's sake!
The Shepherd marks His sheep.
Stick together!
Sheep are a part of a flock!
Stick together it will keep you from wandering.

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