Lost Shepherd

Have you ever heard of a lost shepherd?  I was thinking of this concept lately.  All of us have heard of lost sheep but not  lost shepherd.  So what is a lost shepherd?  A lost shepherd is a pastor who have done all to love and care for his sheep for a decade and still the sheep fails to recognize his voice.  Sounds weird but it is very very possible.

The lost shepherd is a person who is a voice in the wilderness.  Maybe some people will say that the shepherd has not done enough to earn his right to lead.  For some, I think this is true but only in some cases?  Especially if the shepherd is already too frustrated with his sheep.  But to many, I do not think so.

Since being called to fulltime ministry, it is already a great sacrifice on our part to leave everything to follow Christ.  This is because of our desire to serve God.  And to serve God is to serve His sheep to know Him more and to worship Him; to disciple them.  It is our role to guide the sheep towards righteousness.  Or else, we have no business to be a pastor, we should just go back to our secular work and life.

So, when the sheep does not listen to the shepherd's instruction on Biblical righteousness, he is indeed lost.  Sheep needs to listen to the shepherd's voice.  If the sheep does not want to listen, it is either they are not sheep but goats.  Or the shepherd might be serving in a wrong sheep pen.  Hehehe...

So what's your conclusion?  Baaahh... baaahh... baaahh... or meehh... meehh... meehh…