One of the things that bothers me is how the world has made the word sheep a negative thing to call someone. What’s worse is that we as believers have adopted this thinking. Throughout the Bible, we are referred to as sheep, yet many are now trying to run from this identity. Lions and wolves don’t need a shepherd, so we like to identify with them. “Lions, not sheep,” is what I hear people say. When we try to be anything other than sheep, we are trying to replace the Lord as the shepherd of our life. We are incapable of being a good shepherd for ourselves and our enemy will use anything or anyone else to try to trick us into following their voice. That’s why Jesus told us His sheep know His voice and will follow Him. Whose voice is leading your life right now? Is it yours, someone else’s or God’s? We’re all following a shepherd. Make sure the Lord is your shepherd.
Here are some Bible verses on being sheep.
1. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Psalms 100:3 NLT
2. “You, my sheep, the flock that I feed, are my people, and I am your God,” says the Sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 34:31 GNT
3. Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].
Matthew 10:16 AMP
4. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness.
Psalm 95:7-8 ESV
5. And when he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them and they will follow him, for they are familiar with his voice. But they will run away from strangers and never follow them because they know it’s the voice of a stranger.
John 10:4-5 TPT
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