Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 10.4

John 10:4 “When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. Jesus takes the lead in the same way that a shepherd goes before the lead of the flock. He sings, they follow. He speaks, they follow because they know His voice. I say we live to love with Jesus because the shepherd is always with His sheep. He guides by His word, we follow and we love all those He leads us to as we go through our day. Jesus was, of course, describing His ministry to those who are His, like the blind man who was healed and could now see and know His voice. The blind man was following Jesus now instead of the Pharisees. That was obvious to them, and it bugged them. They considered Jesus an impostor, the thief and robber, of whom Jesus spoke. Quite the contrary. The now-seeing-man followed Jesus because he had become one of His sheep and he recognized Jesus as his shepherd. The message seems clear enough for us today. If we are His sheep, we will follow Him because we know His voice.