June 12, 2022

Passage Read: Ezekiel 32-35
Meditation Verses: 34:17-22

Thought

Not only are the shepherds abusing the flock, not caring for the needs of the sheep but caring only for their own wants and needs, so also the fat sheep bully the thin. They take all the good stuff and care nothing for what is left when they finish. They muddy the waters and trample down the good grass, after they have had their fill. They push and shove their way to the best and think nothing of the sheep they thrust aside. God will judge the fat, selfish sheep and comfort the oppressed sheep.

Application

Whether a leader or an equal, I cannot abuse anyone. I can't think only of myself, and I can't think first for myself. I have to know the needs of those around me, and what God wants for them, because we are all under His hand, and we must all do what He desires. God loves the one next to me as surely and as much as He loves me, so I need to make sure that I am caring for their needs are much as I'm caring for my own.