Be a sheep

Mass Readings: April 15

First:	Acts 11:19-26
Resp:	Psalm 87:1-7
Gospel:	John 10:22-30

John 10:26 But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.

It isn't that the people didn't want a savior.  It is that they didn't want Jesus.

We are much like that today.  We all want to have a good life of love, wealth, prosperity, fellowship.  The question is not what do we want, but how is it to be obtained?  The people questioning Jesus had some preconceived expectations about what a savior would be.  Jesus didn't seem to fit the model they had in their own minds.  So, he told them what they needed to hear, but they didn't believe.  Or, they wouldn't believe.  A sheep follows.  Jesus says that they were not among his sheep.  They questioned Jesus to see if he would meet their expectations rather than follow him.  Jesus doesn't want us to be his judge, but his sheep.  It is our call to follow, not to scrutinize.  True believers follow like sheep.  People that don't really want to follow question whether Jesus is the true Shepherd.

Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to follow you like a sheep.  Help me to realize that you know more than I do and that I can trust you because of what you have done.  Most of all because as the good shepherd you were willing to lay down your life for me, while I am yet a sinner.  Forgive me for my pride and draw my spirit to you.

Amen