Matthew 9:36-38 “ 36 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 “Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

The longer I live the more I see these words of Jesus as more relevant in my life. There are so many lost souls out there who are without a shepherd. They wander and wander, and many of them are devoured by wolves. Sadly, they don’t even realize it.

I met a young man recently on a plane who was just like that. He was 30 years old, covered in tattoos and searching for something. He told me his life story within about 30 seconds of meeting him. He was Buddhist. He said he believed all religions are right and that we need to just learn to love each other and live in peace. When he found out I was a Children’s Pastor he said “Oh I believe in Jesus too.”

Thus the problem. We can’t just believe in Jesus too. We have to believe in Him alone. If we believe in everything, we don’t believe in anything. We have to be sold out to the One and Only God of the universe. Sheep respond only to their Shepherd’s voice, not another’s.

Your children are going to hear, if they haven’t already, that there is more than one way to heaven. Do not let them buy into that falsehood. John 14:6 says He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Moms and Dads have to be the ones to teach their children this truth. Teach them to listen only to the voice of the Shepherd, not a counterfeit.

Are you listening to Jesus alone? Stop wandering and come to the Shepherd.