HE LEADTH ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS....

Shepherding and Land management

Over grazing and poor management will damage the grazing land So a Good shepherd will consider the following land management concept 1. Before leading the sheep to the pasture shepherd will consider the carrying capacity of the land

 2.Excessive grazing will uproot the grasses.So he will move the sheep from one grass land to another. This will help to grow the grasses in the grazed area.Over grazing may lead to soil erosion 3.Preferential grazing may lead to parasitic infestation. Moving to a new grazing area is essential to prevent this; otherwise live stock will become weak. Gen.37:16-17

Local assembly Pasture/ Pastor

Local assembly is the feeding ground for saints Principals of spiritual feeding 1. Concept of carrying capacity. What should be the minimum and maximum number for a local assembly.Matt.18:20; Mk. 6: 40; compare 2 Chro. 2:18 (overseers. 42:1).

 2. Change the grazing land- Plurality of leadership. No, one man ministry, change of ministry- Change of person.

3. Change of topics - In sheep there is a tendency for preferential feeding, it will lead to parasitic infections. Balanced teaching of various doctrine, essential for healthy sheep.

HE LEADS ME.... 'Lord led me' first reference Gen.24:27

Sheep's own ways are damaging ways

If sheep is left alone it is disastrous. Read Isa. 53:6

Damaging ways.Prov.16:25;14:12;Jer.10:2324 Jesus saw sheep without shepherd Matt.9:36. Jesus is the way Jn.14:6;10:3-4

How does He lead me....

1.We walk by faith, not by sight 2 Cor.5:7
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isa.55:8-9 Cp Samuel selecting the King 1Sam.16:7,12 Refer Prov.3:5-6;16:1-3,9.Entrust our ways to Him

 Lord reveals His ways through His word

In our collective gatherings God reveals His ways to us Secondly,personal reading of the word with a 'renewed mind' will reveal His ways. Rom12:12:1-2

 2. His paths are righteous ones,no unrighteousness in it. Our devotion and desire to walk in His ways will help us to walk in the paths of righteousness. Psalm.25:12;37:4-5 1The.4:1 Wealth accumulated by wrong means is not His ways 2 King.5:20-24

 3.End of His ways will bring Glory to His Name "He leads me......for His Names sake"

Israel defiled blessings of God 'by their own way and by their doings' Ezekiel 36:17
We should use all our blessings, health, wealth, family etc for His glory. Isa.43:4-7