From Rabbi Jack...
1 Peter {5:1} "The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Messiah, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: {5:2} Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; {5:3} nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; {5:4} and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away."
Peter in verse 4 calls Messiah Yeshua the Chief Shepherd, and rightly so because He is God and all other overseers, as Peter refers to himself as, are under Him.
As a congregation leader and Messianic Rabbi, many people come to me with their burdens seeking advice and rightly so because God has placed me in the position of overseer. As such I am the one that is responsible to watch over, care and guard the souls God has entrusted to me. I am also responsible to teach, nurture, exhort and correct so that in the end they all will arrive safely into heaven. However, the Overseer over me (Yeshua), has a far better perspective than I. He knows every detail of every life of every member of His collective flock (the Body of Messiah), and can see past any burden into the full and godly solution. That is why Peter tells us:
1 Peter {2:25} "For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."
Peter is referencing Isaiah {53:6} "where Isaiah prophesied; "All we like sheep have gone astray but the Lord laid upon Him the iniquities of us all."
Messiah Yeshua has taken upon Himself the oversight of His sheep willingly. He is ever vigilant of what is going on in our lives and promises to never leave us or forsake us. He is the true Overseer of our souls having been obedient unto death on the Cross so as to secure our salvation. Human overseers can only do the possible but the Chief Overseer of our souls we can trust to achieve the impossible.
From Ellen...
Hi Ellen here…I thought I had nothing to say but as Jack and I were going through Shabbat preparation this came about. A brother in the Lord is being immersed this coming Sunday at our immersion event in Karatina, Kenya. Subsequently he has been under spiritual attacks …PRAISE THE LORD!!! I say praise the Lord because the devil does not want us to publicly commit our lives to Yeshua! Our word to him straight from the Holy Spirit was to count it all joy because of his dedication and decision to publicly proclaim that he is YESHUA'S!!! Immerse yourself in Yeshua, immerse yourself in love, immerse yourself in deliverance, immerse yourself in the Word, immerse yourself in kindness, immerse yourself in generosity, immerse yourself in honesty and sincerity…IMMERSE yourself in the Lord Most High! Shabbat Shalom, we love you!!!
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