Ezekiel 34:23
I will appoint over them one Shepherd, My Servant David, and He will feed them. He will feed them and be their Shepherd.
*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 7462
Shepherd: to graze, to pasture, to tend
From the Hebrew word 'ra'ah' (pronounced raw-aw').
As Christ is the Good Shepherd, it was only fitting that the first under-shepherds were the ones who came and worshiped first. (Luke 2:8, 15-18).
GOD'S SHEPHERD IS GOOD
John 10:11, 14
11. I am The Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
14. I am The Good Shepherd, and I know My own, and I am known by My own.
GOD'S SHEPHERD IS SAVIOR
Psalm 28:9
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
John 10:17, 18
Because of this, the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
GOD'S SHEPHERD IS PERSONAL
John 10:3
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
John 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
GOD'S SHEPHERD IS LOVING
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
(Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 4165 Feed Them: to shepherd, to tend, to herd, to rule, to govern. From the Greek word 'poimainó' (pronounced poy-mah'-ee-no). [occurs 11 times in the NT, usually with a figurative sense of "shepherding (tending) God's flock." This provides Spirit-directed guidance (care) conjunction with feeding His people (teaching them Scripture).]
Psalm 23:2
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
GOD'S SHEPHERD HAS MANY SHEEP
John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Isaiah 56:8
Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: "I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered."
Ezekiel 34:6
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.'
Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
Ezekiel 37:24
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
John 11:52
And not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
John 1:11-13
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
As David wrote in Psalm 23, The LORD is my Shepherd. He feeds me on His Word, He refreshes me in Himself; He leads me, He guards me, He restores me, He protects me, He provides a better home for me.
Have you made The LORD your Shepherd, too? He calls your name as He travels the hillsides and valleys, looking for you to answer by running to Him, to the sound of His voice. He has no need to shout your name, nor yell out into the vast wilderness. The Shepherd King need only call out your name. And you, like I, can come to His side immediately and be nurtured by Him and in Him.
Psalm 23 by Don Moen
Yeshua by Paul Wilbur
Jesus Leads Me Beside Still Waters by Gloria Bailey & The New Heavenly Voices
Jesus Said Come To The Waters by The Norlins
