A sheep may wander astray from the flock and not know whether to turn to the right or to left. Then he hears the voice of the shepherd in calling to him, and he has learned to trust the shepherd to lead him in the right way. In Isaiah's day, the voice was that knowledge within the minds and hearts of God's people pertaining to he Law as given through Moses; today, the knowledge includes that of the one whom Jehovah has made the "one shepherd" over the sheep, our Lord Jesus. The voice, however, appears to be that which we have engraved in our minds and hearts through study of what Jehovah has revealed through the Bible. If one has not taken the time to genuinely study that Word, the voice within that one may lead him in a wrong direction. Thus, in order to depend upon the voice, one needs to have an accurate knowledge of what the Bible says figuratively engraved in the heart, so that such knowledge will lead lead him to recognize such rather than the many voices of the those who read their own understanding and the teachings of man into the Bible, as well as the philosophies of the world which may lead one astray. On the other hand, if the heart is engraved with wrong knowledge, the voice heard will lead one in a wrong direction. -- Ronald R. Day, Sr.
Related Scriptures
Deuteronomy 4:9; Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 7:1-5; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:25; Isaiah 66:4; Ezekiel 34:2-24; Matthew 7:21-29; John 10:11-17; John 10:29; Luke 11:28; Luke 8:21; Ephesians 5:26; Colossians 2:2; Colossians 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14,15; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1,2; Hebrews 2:1-3; Hebrews 4:2; Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 6:4-5; Hebrews 10:26-29; 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 2:20-22; 2 Peter 3:1,2; James 1:21-27; 1 John 2:14; Jude 1:17; Revelation 1:3.
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MAY HIS CARE SURROUND
God bless you daily in the way
That leads to realms of life and light--
That you may follow in His steps
Who went before us; in the night.
Of His eternal strength and grace,
Whose will, no obstacle can thwart
May you in confidence and hope
Go forward; ever in your heart
May peace and joy and hope abound
And may His care your path surround.
Poems of the Way, page 7
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