I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” (John 10:11-18 ESV)
They always say you can tell who your true friends are because they are there for you through the hard times. People can be fair weather friends, and we have a tendency to treat things that we are caring for that are not ours differently than our own.
We run away for trouble, and the wolves because they are not are and they are not worth our lives. But Jesus will never run away. He will and has laid down His life for you.
Follow His voice and know that He is not a fair weather friend.
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