Relying on The Good Shepherd

Do you feel seen? Do you feel cared for? Who shows you compassionate care during challenging times? Who is with you? Who is for you?

Jesus is with you. Jesus is for you. Jesus sees you. Jesus has compassion on you. Jesus desires to shepherd you—he desires to care for you and to lovingly give you what you need to be well.

In Mark’s gospel account, just before the feeding of the 5,000, “Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.” (Mark 6:34, ESV).

Jesus came to his people. He sees his people. He sees their need. Jesus responds to the needs of his people.

As the Good Shepherd, Jesus joins with his people, teaching them many things, and providing for their needs.

Do you know Jesus is with you? Do you know Jesus is for you? Do you know you are seen? Are you experiencing the compassion of the Good Shepherd who is with you, teaching you, and providing for you?

Jesus said, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:10-11, ESV).

May you experience being with the Good Shepherd, being seen by him, and being cared for by him through his compassionate, self-sacrificial, and life-giving love.

A Prayer for the Fourth Sunday of Easter: Good Shepherd: “O God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd of your people: Grant that, when we hear his voice, we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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