Shepherds of the Flock - Talk Handouts
Introduction
God as Shepherd of his people
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. Psalm 80:1
Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Psalm 100:3
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance. Micah 7:14
The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Psalm 23:1
Leaders as God’s shepherds
You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 77:20
The LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ 2 Samuel 5:2
Ezekiel 34
1. The failure of the shepherds (v1-10)
Implications:
− What God was after
− The heart of what is wrong
− Leadership sins of commission and omission
− Accountability
− Imagery
− God’s perspective
2. God’s promise to shepherd (v11-24)
Through his true Shepherd (v23-24)
He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth. Micah 5:4
Through new shepherds
Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. Jeremiah 3:15
I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:4
Implications:
− Picture of leadership
− The need for leadership
− The goodness of leadership
‘When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’ 2 Samuel 23:3-4
− Understanding power
− Long to fulfil this picture
− See this is a gospel picture