Sheep have a natural tendency to follow a leader as well as a rapid impulse to flee and panic.<\/p>\n
Jesus appeals to the little flock in Luke 12:32, \u201cDo not fear, little flock, for<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0it is your Father\u2019s good pleasure to give you the kingdom\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The flock of Christ consists of those who believe and accept Jesus as savior and lord. And as there\u2019s a gigantic range of worries we experience every day, from material to psychological, Jesus alleviates our worries and fears by having us trust in God\u2019s intention.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n Just as the shepherd\u2019s intention is to lead the sheep to lush pastures, it is God\u2019s intent to lead his own to the lush pastures of his Kingdom and to give<\/strong> it to them.<\/p>\n Despite the world\u2019s attempt to convince us otherwise, we must through a sound mind<\/strong> in Christ retain our reliance on the unyielding nature of God\u2019s faithfulness; trust in his power<\/strong> to provide comfort and rescue from any difficulty we might face and finally we must hope in his love<\/strong> that the ultimate promise of his kingdom awaits us to inherit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sheep have a natural tendency to follow a leader as well as a rapid impulse to flee and panic. Jesus appeals to the little flock in Luke 12:32, \u201cDo not fear, little flock, for\u00a0it is your Father\u2019s good pleasure to give you the kingdom\u201d The flock of Christ consists of those who believe and accept Jesus as savior and lord. … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhortation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\u201cFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the\u00a0Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.\u201d -Jeremiah 29:11<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n