Social Distancing Comfort From the Rod and Staff Part 1

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Comfort From the Rod and Staff Part 1

For all the times you have been attacked

How many times has God keep you from harm with the Rod and Staff

The battle is real and if we don’t feel it from time to time

We tend to let down our guard and become complacent

This cannot happen because too many people have not come into the sheep fold

And are dying in the battle

Peter’s faith did not fail him in the long run

Because of that, an untold number of people have been rescued from evil

And enjoy the Good Shepherd’s Rod and Staff

We also enjoy the comfort of the Shepherd because they too laid down their lives

Remember the sheep go in and out to find pasture

Sometimes we are very secure from all harm

But we are to go out into the world and battle for the lives of others

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."    Matthew 9:36-38

Comfort From the Rod and Staff Part 1

There are only two reasons

for the Rod and Staff.

One is to protect us from enemies.

During the day we can see trouble around us.

Some times that trouble

inflicts pain and suffering.

The devil is like a roaring lion

seeking whom he may devour
I Peter 5:8.

Peter’s life was at risk as Jesus said…

 Satan desired to sift him as wheat.

Interesting Jesus did not

say He stopped Satan.

Jesus said He prayed…

His prayer was that

Peter’s faith would not fail.

Jesus must have known Satan

would get an upper hand on

Peter because He also prayed…

And when you have turned back,

strengthen your brothers.

Luke 22:31-32

You and I can sometimes feel like

God is not protecting us as He should.

We know Peter got bit by Satan

in such a way that Peter

denied Jesus three times.

To most of us we question why Jesus

would pray for us and not defend us.

Jesus warned us that we would suffer

and even die for His name sake.

So the Rod and Staff does not stop all

attacks until the final day when

Jesus will return with a Rod of Iron.

Revelation 19:15

Now if you are questioning

Jesus protecting you, think about this…

Most of the time Jesus uses

the Rod and Staff to protect

you is when you are sleeping.

For all the times you have

been attacked…

 How many times has God kept

you from harm with the Rod and Staff?

The battle is real.

 And if we don’t feel it from time

to time, we tend to let down our

guard and become complacent.

This cannot happen because too

many people have not come into the

sheep fold and are dying in the battle.

Peter’s faith did not fail him in the long run.

 And because of that…

 An untold number of people have been

rescued from evil and enjoy

the Good Shepherd’s Rod and Staff.

We also enjoy the comfort of the Shepherd

because they too laid down their lives.

Remember the sheep go in

and out to find pasture.

Sometimes we are very

secure from all harm…

But we are to go out into the world

and battle for the lives of others.

When he saw the crowds,

he had compassion on them,

because they were harassed and helpless,

 like sheep without a shepherd.

Then he said to his disciples,

"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,

to send out workers into his harvest field." 

Matthew 9:36-38

The next devotional will talk about

the second reason for the Rod and Staff.

Scripture Reading

Psalms 23:1-24:1 NIV

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness

for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk

through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD

forever.