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What are some reasons that people come to Christ?
Fear
Guarantee of heaven
Cure for sin
To find meaning
You see, this is vastly different than the way that the disciples followed Jesus.
From what we know, the followed Jesus simply because He said “follow me.”
You see, people that come to Jesus for the reasons mentioned above, tend to lose interest once whatever they were wanting from Jesus is given.
It’s as if they no longer need Him so they get bored and walk away.
It’s as if they are missing something.
Arguably, what they are missing is the next shift.
From:
Sheep to Shepherd
At the point in the Bible story that we read just a bit ago, the disciples had been following Jesus for some time.
Earlier in chapter 6, Jesus had sent out the 12 in pairs to preach.
So, they come back to Jesus to tell him what they had done.
They jump in a boat, but people follow them.
Jesus noticed that they were following like sheep without a shepherd.
So, this sets the stage for today’s shift.
People needs shepherd!
But who?
Well, they get out of the boat and Jesus was teaching them for most of the day.
As with most people, they got hungry.
They disciples came to Jesus and told Him that they were hungry and needed to go into the villages and eat.
Jesus tells them:
You see, the disciples answered in the way that we do, don’t they?
Well, I don’t have the money to feed them....
But, Jesus doesn’t even touch on their comment.
He just asks how many loaves they have.
They count and turns out, they have 5. And, 2 fish.
“That should do” Jesus says....maybe
He has them sit down in groups, prays over the bread and they distributed the food.
You see, what’s interesting in this whole interaction is that Jesus doesn’t prepare them for what is about to happen.
He doesn’t tell them that they needed to go to seminary for 4 years, earn a degree, and then begin to minister.
In fact, He doesn’t tell them to do anything other than “feed them.”
Now, I am not saying that education isn’t important, it is.
But what I am saying is that Jesus isn’t asking you to calculate everything before He calls you to do something.
He is saying “do it.”
Jesus had plenty of miracles where He did the miracles Himself.
He healed several people.
But, what is different here is that Jesus told His disciples to do it.
Jesus could have done it Himself.
He could have said “have a seat and I will take care of it.”
But no, He tells them “feed them”
Something is happening here.
Jesus is moving His disciples from the position of sheep to shepherd.
They had been with Jesus.
They had learned from Him and His example.
And now, Jesus says shift.
I wonder if His words from early may have struck them.
Way back in Mark chapter 1 when He calls peter and Andrew, He says to them:
Mark doesn’t record any discussion here other than they followed Jesus.
I probably would have been like “yeah dude, I will follow you, but you are going to need to explain the whole “I will send you out to fish for people” thing.
Now is the time when this shift is starting to happen.
Jesus has been preparing them to become shepherds.
As they shift from sheep to shepherd, there are three things that He has them do.
Preach the gospel
2. Healing diseases
3. Delivering people from oppression and evil as we read in the previous two passages.
After reviewing these things it is clear that Jesus didn’t come simply to call us to follow Him, but to recruit us!
Jesus has some jobs for us to do!
Maybe it’s similar to the disciples.
Maybe He is calling us to shift from sheep to shepherd.
Jesus is recruiting us to be shepherds!
“Jesus asks us to feed those He loves - to grow in our faith, beyond milk onto meat, and then, when well-fed ourselves, to being feeding others.”
- Steve DeNeff and David Drury
We have spent time with Jesus.
We have grown in our relationship with Him!
We have the power to shepherd His sheep!
Shepherds have some interesting qualities about them.
They have compassion towards their sheep - how can you build trust with someone that you don’t have compassion towards?
The know their sheep by name - they get to know their sheep.
Spend time with them.
They are self-forgetful - they are more concerned with their sheep than themselves
They lay down their lives - you are willing to go to extreme lengths for those you are shepherding
Jesus is calling us to be shepherds because many in the world are like “sheep without a shepherd.”
So, what are the ways that we can be a good shepherd?
1. Identify your sheep
Are you married? - Your spouse is your sheep!
Do you have kids?
Your children are you sheep!
Where do you work?
Your co-workers are your sheep!
Who in your life is God calling you to shepherd?
Maybe He is calling you to help with ministry in the church?
We can always use children’s church helpers!
You can’t have the college ministry, that is mine! - just kidding, I will share if anyone feel led to help!
2. Make sure your sheep are fed
Ask questions about their spiritual life.
Where are they at with Jesus?
What are their struggles and sins?
How are they growing?
What is influencing them?
What are they reading?
Who are they listening to?
3. Make sure your sheep have water
The shepherds in ancient Palestine had to lead their sheep to water so that they wouldn’t dehydrate.
We too can dehydrate if we are not connecting with others!
Where are your sheep connecting?
Are they in a discipleship group?
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