"He calls his own sheep by name and lead them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice."
John10:3-4
His grace, He gives us good thing every day in our lives...Ever get feeling you're somewhere out in front of God as you move through your week?:You bump up against a trial, and you know from scripture that God is going to work all thing for good, but some how you have the idea He's behind you, armed with a dustpan and broom, ready to do a clean up job o you and your problem.
Or perhaps you imagine God standing a few paces back with a bottles of glue, ready to pick up the broken pieces of your life and paste them back together. Or do you image Him with hammer and nails ready to follow after you and do a patch-up job should things fall apart? If you feel as though God's principal activity in your life is to follow behind you and throw a rope after you're fallen headlong into a trial, then you need to memorize the verse of your circumstances. A shepherd never follows his flock, he lead them. Jesus Himself says that He goes on ahead. He blazes a straight path and chart the way.
Never is God surprised by your trials. Never does He push you out ahead and back you up with a dustpan and broom. God is out in front. In fact, God totally encompasses you, front, sides, and rear guard. As it say in Psalm 139: 5-6, "You hem me in- behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me too lofty for me to attain." Because His grace give us good things this year 2018.
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