April 20, 2010
John 10
Pastor Jason Yon
In the first part of John 10, Jesus teaches us about our relationship with Him through the example of sheep and their shepherd. In particular, notice how the sheep know the shepherd’s voice (verses 3-4).
If we want to know our Shepherd’s voice, being able to hear it and respond to Him, we must KNOW Him first. We must practice hearing His voice.
The sheep know the shepherd’s voice because they spend so much time together in the fields. They have a relationship that is built upon spending time with each other.
In the same way, we must also spend time with Jesus, reading the Word and in prayer, so that we can build relationship with Him. We need to talk with Jesus in prayer, willing to “sit out in the fields” with Him and listen to what He wants to tell us. We cannot be in such a hurry to get in our “God time” for the day that we get it done, check it off on our “to-do list” and go about the rest of our day. Our entire day should be spent hanging out with Jesus, talking with Him.
As we make time to spend with Him, talking to Him and allowing Him to speak to us, we will know the Shepherd’s voice. It is then that we will be able to hear His voice when we need to hear it so desperately. It is then that we will be able to run from “the thief who comes to steal and kill and destroy” (John 10:10) because we will know that it is not our Shepherd’s voice.
Did you know? Pastor Jason received the Gold Medal of Achievement in Royal Rangers, a ministry to boys and young men that’s similar to Boy Scouts.
