Jesus - The True Shepherd

There is a very popular chapter in the word of God that everyone knows and recites every now and then, we always hear this chapter and most of us know this powerful chapter from our youth. We recite this chapter that is so known that we are used to it. But do we really believe it in our lives and does it work for us? we are so used to it, that if anything happens to us, it is this chapter we immediately speak out of our mouth.

This book is in the Psalms and it is in Psalm 23: 1 - 6

The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],

I shall not want.

He lets me lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.

He refreshes and restores my soul (life);

He leads me in the paths of righteousness

for His name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no evil, for You are with me;

Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil;

My cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,

And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.

The Psalm is so powerful and this is about Jesus Christ Himself been our shepherd, but do we as the body of Christ really believe and trust that Jesus is our Shepherd? Because if we truly believe in Him as our Shepherd then we are not to focus on the situations that we come across everyday of our lives. We all go through different circumstances everyday, and there is no day that is often free from things that is happening not only in our lives but in our world today.

David wrote this Psalm when he was going through things that was beyond him and trusted that the Lord will be his shepherd and relied on God to be his shepherd and because David believed in the Lord, the Lord was his Shepherd throughout his life time. If we as the body of Christ can trust in the Lord as our Shepherd like David did then we can actually be delivered from everyday problems.

Meaning of a Shepherd?

A person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.

A person who protects, guides, or watches over a person or group of people.

A member of the clergy.

The Shepherd, Jesus Christ.

Therefore, we can see that we have Jesus our Shepherd that does all this things in our lives and even more, if we really believe Him to be our Shepherd. As a Shepherd He will care for us, He will protect us in this time that we are in right now, He will guide us everyday, He will watch over us and be the Shepherd of our lives.

The Lord is our shepherd.

Jesus came as our Shepherd to show us the way back to the Father. Because He is simply the Way, the Truth and the Life - John 14:6.

Jesus been the Shepherd of the sheep helps us to live in this world that we live in today. Jesus came as our shepherd and there is no other Shepherd that can reveal to us the truth except Jesus our true Shepherd. He is the only good shepherd as well - John 10:14

John 10: 1 - 18

Parable of the Good Shepherd

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up from some other place [on the stone wall], that one is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep [the protector and provider]. The doorkeeper opens [the gate] for this man, and the sheep hear his voice and pay attention to it. And [knowing that they listen] he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out [to pasture]. When he has brought all his own sheep outside, he walks on ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice and recognize his call. They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.

So Jesus said again, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, I am the Door for the sheep [leading to life]. All who came before Me [as false messiahs and self-appointed leaders] are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not hear them. I am the Door; anyone who enters through Me will be saved [and will live forever], and will go in and out [freely], and find pasture (spiritual security). The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].