Thankful For My Everything!

This post was written by Pete

Over the years I have discovered that there are a great amount of nuggets uncovered every day in our scripture reading, if we slow down and take the time to meditate on them. For instance, my morning reading today in Ezekiel had me on my knees in worship. I’m so thankful for my everything, because He has opened my eyes to all that He is doing for me and in my life. I was able to actually picture myself as a woolly sheep grazing in the pasture; I compared it to my daily work life. I get up, I listen to my Shepherd and His instructions and then I go about my day. Things happen each day and my Shepherd is always there keeping a careful watch on me. I also find myself having great temptations as I look over the hill at the green pasture below and wonder if the grass tastes better down there. My shepherd then shows up and says to me “Be still and know that I am God???. (Proverbs 46:10) Now “being still???, that sounds a bit boring because, I see all the other sheep down below that are dancing and having a good time. I say to myself “I too want to have a good time with them and don’t want to be still. I want to be doing what they are doing down in that green pasture below.???

Thankfully, I have learned my lesson and I also realized it really isn’t all that and the fun is all but for a moment, because eventually there is going to come a time when a wolf will destroy all of them. I have learned over the years that they do not have a shepherd to protect them nor watch over them. So in essence it is a false reality, with nothing to show for life. My Shepherd, however gives me purpose, life and direction, my Shepherd always blesses me and never ever leaves me. I know that sometimes things don’t always seem right, but if I listen to Him and am still and know that He is God, it will always be right. I am so thankful my God has shown me this over the years and again in my morning reading below.

Ezekiel 34:11-16

“God, the Master, says: From now on, I myself am the shepherd. I’m going looking for them. As shepherds go after their flocks when they get scattered, I’m going after my sheep. I’ll rescue them from all the places they’ve been scattered to in the storms. I’ll bring them back from foreign peoples, gather them from foreign countries, and bring them back to their home country. I’ll feed them on the mountains of Israel, along the streams, among their own people. I’ll lead them into lush pasture so they can roam the mountain pastures of Israel, graze at leisure, feed in the rich pastures on the mountains of Israel. And I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep. I myself will make sure they get plenty of rest. I’ll go after the lost, I’ll collect the strays, I’ll doctor the injured, I’ll build up the weak ones and oversee the strong ones so they’re not exploited.???

I am so thankful in knowing our great Shepherd Jesus has paid it all for us, He knows what we are going through, He has lived it and experienced it. We just have to trust Him and surrender our entire life to His leading. Don’t believe the lie of Satan, when he states that the pasture is greener on the other side, let’s be thankful for the pasture our Shepherd has already given us.

Our Shepherd used His servants body to carry our sins to the Cross so that we could be rid of sin, free to live the right way. His wounds became our healing. We were lost sheep with no idea who we were or where we were going. Now we are named and kept for good by the Shepherd of our souls. 1 Peter:23-25. I am so thankful for my everything!

 

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