FEED MY SHEEP
CHRISTIANITY OASIS HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH THIS FEED MY SHEEP STUDY. FEED MY SHEEP IS A CALLING TO BE A SHEPHERD. HOW DOES ONE FEED HIS SHEEP? WHAT DO THE SHEEP EAT? LET US SEEK AND FIND THE TRUTH OF FEED MY SHEEP TOGETHER, SHALL WE?
 

FEED MY SHEEP is a command that Jesus gave to Peter three times.
 

Many wonder why Jesus said the words FEED my sheep (Lamb is a sheep) THREE times. Even Peter seemed a lil "grieved" that He said it THRICE. Hmmmmmm "Thrice" ... Now where have I heard that word THRICE before?
 

Perhaps it was a gentle reminder to Peter that he DID deny Jesus THRICE and to remember these words. Peter DID run off when the wolves came and this request made three times may have been a way by which to say that Peter was to stay and protect the sheep this time. At either rate, Jesus said it THRICE to reveal the IMPORTANCE of the words ... FEED MY SHEEP.

What does FEED MY SHEEP mean? Does it mean that Peter and the Apostles were responsible for making sure the sheep had food?
 

No ... The food they were to provide these sheep with was the WORD OF GOD.

Who are the sheep that are to be fed this Word of God?
The sheep are the children of God.

When one feels called to serve God and begins to feed GOD'S sheep, one can oft times become overzealous and blinded by pride. This occurred with the Pharisees and it is written that they ended up making it too hard for God's children to enter Heaven by the heavy demands that they placed on them, meanwhile they, themselves were secretly living in sin.
 

We are all sinners. It may be that your sin is different from the sins of another that you encounter but how is it that you can judge their sin and think for one second that God is not going to judge you for yours?
 

IF and when you feel called to Feed HIS sheep ... In sharing TRUTH with these precious lost souls and troubled Christians, one should always keep in mind that these are NOT your children, they belong to God.

It is not your place to discipline or verbally abuse HIS children. You are merely a hired servant required to watch over HIS children. Kinda like a babysitter who has had HIS children placed in your care. Beware the child crying to the Father of your verbal abuse and the Father hiring another in your place.

God is VERY aware that these lost sheep have not been shown the way to TRUTH as you MAY have been but that does NOT give you the right to scold them in some vain attempt to uplift yourself.

It is TRUTH that God does get angry and expresses HIS anger thru His prophets but I tell you a TRUTH ... It had better be HIM expressing this anger thru you to HIS child and not just YOU ... Lest the cries of His child enter into the mind and Heart of their Father. A bear beholding someone harming it's cubs will be deemed gentle, in comparison.

Here is wisdom ... When one that has been called finds that one of HIS children is in need of medicine, one should not try and force it down their throat with words of anger. You would not do so to your own child if they were taken by a plague or sickness. You would try and find the best tasting, yet EFFECTIVE medicine that you could. You may even play lil airplane games saying "Zoooooom, Zooooooom here comes the airplane" as you gently slide the spoon of medicine into the child's mouth. This way, the child WILLINGLY takes the medicine.

God is well aware of the "handicaps" of His lost children who have been kidnapped by the enemy and enticed with the worldly trends to stay there. God is also well aware that YOU are or were one of those souls as well. It may be that He has shown you the way to TRUTH, but that does not give you the right to portray yourself as being better than the child that is still caught up in the worldly web.
 

It is very sad that these individuals, who consider themselves to be better than another of God's children (even though, they know in their hearts that they were also forgiven of their sins of the past, and received God's Grace and still sin) and that these people would find it necessary to judge another, in some vain attempt to appear to uplift themselves.

It was some self proclaimed Religious leaders, back in Jesus' day, that were constantly following Jesus around quoting LAW. They became so afraid of losing their high places, that they devised a plan and had JESUS crucified ... They used LAWS to do it. They claimed they were doing a God service.

God Service huh? That's a hoot. God does not seek those who would condemn His children. God does not seek those who would keep them encaged by fear and doubt by making the path to Heaven appear unattainable. God does NOT seek those who would make His children walk away from the Faith feeling inadequate and unworthy of the GRACE that HE has provided those souls at such a dear cost.

God seeks those who are sensitive to the needs of HIS children. God seeks those few UNDERSTANDING shepherds that know that we all fall short and we all fall down. That the Christian Walk is one very tough path and that we all walk it together and that fellowship is one of the best tools we have to help one another. God seeks caring and loving souls that seek only to HELP the lost souls get home. Those that seek only to bring in HIS sheep.
 
CHOOSE to HEAR what the SPIRIT has just spoken to you.


Take care and have a SON-derful day