Follow the True Voice

I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10

In the passage prior to today’s verse, Jesus had given sight to a man who had been blind since birth. The Lord spat on the ground and made mud with His saliva, anointed the man’s eyes with the mud, and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam. He did so and came back seeing.  

Skeptics questioned the man, but he was adamant and declared, “Why, this is an amazing thing…never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing” (John 9:1-33). The formerly blind man was given a new life, both physically and spiritually, for he later declared his belief in Jesus Christ as well. 

The Pharisees asked Jesus if they were blind, to which the Lord replied by describing a shepherd and his sheep. The sheep hear the shepherd’s voice and know him. They follow him because he will take care of them, protect them, and lay down his life for them. In the same way, Christ is the Good Shepherd, caring for His flock. He came that you “may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:7-11). It is a life with advantages; you can rejoice in all things, living with the expectation of eternity, and joy in your daily life without fear of death. What could be greater?! 

It is a caring intimacy of love and trust of the sheep with the Good Shepherd. Pray today for citizens and public officials in this nation to follow the voice of the Good Shepherd and be filled with abundance and true life. 

Today’s Verse: John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 

All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Recommended for further reading: John 10:7-16 

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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