BIBLICAL FATHERHOOD--THE GREAT NEED OF THE WORLD 11k) THE SHEPHERDING FATHER HAS AN OUTSTANDING WEAPON

The rod and staff mentioned in Psalm 23:4 are a source of comfort to the sheep. The primary reason is that the rod and staff represent authority to bring discipline and correction as needed, but also to give protection to the sheep which were surrounded with enemies that sought to devour them. If there had been no rod and staff in the hand of the Psalm 23 shepherd the sheep would have experienced no comfort at all. Instead, they would have been in a state of fear of certain death.

Men, the rod that was in Moses' hand when he first met God at the burning bush was a shepherd's rod.

Exodus 3:1 says, "And Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb." Then in Exodus 4:2 God asks Moses, "What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod."

Moses was about to learn that the humble shepherds' rod he held in his hand had authority to not only destroy the natural predators of his flock, but also to perform signs, wonders, and miracles and to destroy all of Pharaoh's armies. It was a humble weapon with outstanding potential.

To be continued tomorrow.

Be encouraged

Colin Campbell