So I was in Scotland and I came
back from a preaching opportunity and I went to the pastor's house
and in his lawn there were sheep from all different shepherds. And each sheep had a painted
color, a mark about four inches square on his shoulder. Some
were brown, some were blue. And so I said to the pastor,
I said, is it really true that the shepherds will come and call
their sheep and that the one who owns all the brown sheep
Brown marked sheep. They'll run to him right away
when he calls and no one else will move. He said, you know
what? It's really true. The sheep won't even lift up
their head if it's not the voice of their shepherd. Every single
sheep that belongs to that shepherd will follow that shepherd. And
that's a perfect illustration, you see, of if Jesus Christ is
your shepherd and he calls you, You will follow him. You will
follow his voice. And as you follow his voice,
that will be evident in good works, and those good works will
put a stamp of authenticity upon your life. It is God's work in
you, and it is true, and that in turn will impact other people
as they say, wow, I'm missing what that person has.