Are You Sheep or Shepherd?

Paul tells us in Acts 20:28-31

²⁸Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God,which he bought with his own blood. ²⁹I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. ³⁰Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. ³¹So be on your guard!

It is easy these days to get side tracked and distracted from the main goal in our lives of worshiping God. We hear explanations for all sorts of sinful things. Whether it be drugs, steeling, homosexuality, the list can go on and on….We say “its only this one time.” Or “I’m not hurting anyone.” If we find ourselves giving justification for something to ourselves, then that should warn us that what we are doing or thinking is probably wrong.

The wolves that Paul is talking about can be seen as simple acts that on there own don’t hurt anything, but as they accumulate they separate us from the grace of God. So how do we know when we are being overtaken by these wolves? As I said earlier, we find ways to justify our actions to ourselves. We make up excuses for ourselves and for others. If someone wants you to do something that is un-Godly, then I have news for you. You might want to check out there teeth because that is a wolf! Unfortunately, there are people out there with the cunning and ability to pull the wool over our eyes. When we find ourselves in that bind of  all we have to do is turn around and God will be right there. There is someone or something in our lives this very day this very hour that has attempted or is attempting to bring us back and become of this world instead of just in it. Our skin makes decisions for our souls and that blinds us from the work that God has in store for us. There is someone or something in this world that maybe you have done something wrong to. Only God and you can answer those questions.

So what are you going to do? Sit back and let the wolves tear you and your fellow flock apart? Or Not worry about conforming to this world and stand for what is right even when it is hard? We live in a wolves den that is hungry for our souls. So ask your self, are you a sheep or a shepherd?