Verse 2 "The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd."
A friend of mine recently posted on facebook that he is sick of twitter. To be on twitter one must follow people and he doesn't want to be a follower.
The truth is we all follow somebody. Some may march to the beat of a different drummer, but they are following a drummer.
The Israelites had started to worship idols and follow the kings of Greece. They thought these idols and kings would provide for them. They were sheep looking for a shepherd. And of course, they were led astray.
Who is your shepherd?
I think it is natural to look for a shepherd that will lead us where we want to go. We want someone to tell us what we want to hear, someone that agrees with every decision we make. Who does that best?
Ourselves. We don't need a shepherd because we can shepherd ourselves.
Until we take a wrong turn, and then another. We never notice the first wrong turn, or the second; it's not until we are so completely lost that we ask for directions.
But no matter how lost we get, God is always there waiting for us, directing us back home.
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