Micah 2:12-13
12 “I will surely gather all of you,
Jacob;
I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in its pasture;
the place will throng with people.
13 The One who breaks open the way will go up before them;
they will break through the gate and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord at their head.”
like a flock in its pasture;
the place will throng with people.
13 The One who breaks open the way will go up before them;
they will break through the gate and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord at their head.”
We may not like to admit it, but most of us like following someone’s lead. Left on our own, we’re a mess. We need a leader. And who better to lead than God. God loves us so much he promises to break through the gates of sin and lead us to salvation.
John 10 provides beautiful examples of this played out in the New Testament… The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out (3). I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full (9-10).
Show us the way, Lord. Gather your sheep. Go before us to get things ready and then call us by name to join you in Heaven. We are hungry for a life to the full. Amen
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