Lesson #2 in the Trail Boss idea comes from Psalm 23:2:
“He leads me beside still waters.”
Although sheep thrive in dry, semi-arid country, they still require water. The body of a sheep is composed of about 70% water on the average. It maintains body metabolism, and is necessary for proper organ function. If the supply of water drops off the animal’s tissue begins to dehydrate and can cause serious damage.
You can’t drive sheep like you drive cattle. The ’60s TV show Rawhide had a theme song which said, “Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ keep those doggies rollin’, Rawhide.” Funny. Seven years later they still hadn’t reached market. 🙂 If Mickey D’s had waited on those cattle we might be eating veggie burgers today. (Yeah…I know…bad).
You can’t drive sheep. Pastors need to learn this. I am sometimes asked why I don’t pound the pulpit more and scream and yell and send people to hell for doing or not doing such-and-such. The answer is easy. First, that old man died long time ago and I hope I never find him. Second, I remember something Charles Stanley once said,
Shepherds don’t beat sheep; they feed sheep.
Sheep trust the shepherd to lead them to cool, clear, clean water. If they drink from dirty, polluted water they end up sick, eaten alive with parasites.
You do see the connection do you not? 🙂
So ends lesson #2.
Again I am grateful to Phillip Keller’s book A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 for a lot of this information.
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