What makes a Good Shepherd?

• Well fed sheep makes Good Shepherd

• Good Shepherds are Good sheep
• They allow themselves to be Shepherded

David is a good example

• God says ” I saw you taking care of the sheep” –> Resulted in becoming a king
• David saw himself as a Sheep

• David is a real Shepherd taking care of the sheep, but still he wrote, The Lord is my Shepherd
• David while defeating Goliath, He remembered God is his Shepherd and hit Goliath to the ground, they he became one of the Greatest King

2 Samuel 7:8
New King James Version (NKJV)

⁸ Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

Psalm 78:70-72
New King James Version (NKJV)

⁷⁰ He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ From following the ewes that had young He brought him,
To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
⁷² So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

1 Chronicles 17:7
New King James Version (NKJV)

⁷ Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

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