"Confident Steps Forward in The Darkness"

 


From Dr. David Jeremiah's sermon and devotional 

 

The picture above was in Dr. Jeremiah's on line sermon, "I AM The Good Shepherd."  Be sure to listen to it on my previous post!

 In his devotional book, Walking With Jesus, on March 10, 2024 entry he quoted Elizabeth Elliott's poem from her book, Keep a Quiet Heart.

 

Lord, give to me a quiet heart

That does not ask to understand,

But confident steps forward in

The darkness guided  by Thy hand.


In his sermon Jeremiah showed the above picture of a herd of deer in Texas whose picture was taken around a campfire built to keep the howling wolves away.  All the sheep are looking  to their shepherd away from the dangers of the dark night as revealed by their focused eyes toward where he was standing.  

And so it should be with us who have asked Jesus to be our Savior.  Jeremiah went on to say.  Look to our Shepherd Jesus for protection not toward the darkness of our hour.


Father God, may our eyes be focused on Jesus Your Son who You gave to redeem the world.  Thank You, Jesus, that You willingly laid down Your life to save our lives.  You were lead to the slaughter as a sheep before its shearers.  May we all follow You. May we all know You as our personal Savior, our Great Shepherd.  

May we know You all the rest of our lives so that one day we may dwell in the house of the Lord forever as Psalm 23:6 tells us.

May we all know at the end  we are Your Little Lambs.  I told my mother on her dying bed that Jesus her Savior would pick up His Little Lamb when it was time and take her to heaven.

Father God,  may we all look to our Shepherd Jesus in all our dark nights, as well as each day when we are enjoying the light.  May Your Light around us dispel the darkness. In Jesus' name. Amen.

 

Isaiah 53:7  He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.

 

 

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