Scripture: Jeremiah 23:3-4 NLT
But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number. Then I will appoint responsible shepherds who will care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one will be lost or missing. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Observation:
What a lovely, lovely prophecy this is. While I'm not currently living in a physical gathering of Saints, I look forward to the day I will . . . even if I have to wait until Christ comes again. I have long had a feeling that this is a gathering place, this county of ours, and I look forward to seeing what that means to God, and what He plans he will bring about.
Application:
In the meantime, I will cherish verses like these. I will surrender and live among my family, and among my friends, in this way. I don't want a single one to go missing, or be lost. I want to live in fellowship with the Saints, in unity, in the love of Christ, so His joy can flow among and through us without obstruction.
Prayer:
Father in heaven, I praise Your glorious and holy name for the gathering you have done in my life; for the precious loved ones I have who have led me to You. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And I thank you for the way that I'm beginning to find kindred where I didn't expect, to help and support me--those who understand very well what I have experienced. Lord, please guide me. Help me to know how to love my own, and Your own, and all others, with Your love. Show me how to raise my children, how to train and teach them, so they can come to know You as You really are. Put people in their paths--TRUE disciples of Your Son, Jesus--who can show them Your way, and the true nature of God's love. Let Your love touch those I speak to, those I touch. And please bless me with a constant desire to do so, and the awareness to recognize when I have allowed the enemy to slip back into my life. he is so, so sneaky, and I don't always catch it before he has managed to make me forget so, so much. In Jesus' name, amen.
