The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. They won't follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don't know his voice."
(John 10:3-5 NLT)
What keeps us from having a personal relationship with Jesus? Is it too difficult to have the faith that is required? Are we afraid of what others might say? Are our lives too busy with other things to stop and pray? Why is it when we are in need of God’s help whether it be because of a sick family member or a loss of a dream we seem to get real spiritual but as soon as we get out of the woods we’re back to a life without Him? Don’t you know God is not mocked!
Don't be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
(Galatians 6:7 NLT)
God does not sit in Heaven with a big stick, waiting to beat us over the head whenever we step out of line but when we are stiff-necked and try to use God like a sugar daddy neither is He fooled. For you have been lovingly created so that you may have relationship with the Father of Lights so that in Him you might discover who you are and who’s you are. For the Good Shepherd has a purpose that was designed specifically for you but you will only know that purpose through knowing who you are and who you belong to, so that you may know better the One who created you. Do you want to do big things with your life, then seek God whole heartedly!
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
(1 Corinthians 13:11-12 NLT)
