A Good Shepherd
“Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth…” (Isaiah 40:4) This is the will of the Father. This is His heart towards us. Not just for those who believe in Jesus, but for all of humankind. He does not desire for us to have to struggle and toil. It was sin that brought the curse of struggle and toil upon humankind, but now we have atonement for our sins through God’s only begotten Son Jesus Christ. For those who have received Jesus as Savior, they are no longer bound by the curse of sin. We are redeemed by His blood. We are also restored by His blood. We are restored into right standing with God the Father, and in His Kingdom struggle and toil have no place. This scripture stirs up in me the imagery of Jesus as our Shepherd. We are sheep and our Savior is also our Shepherd. Even a few verses into Isaiah 40, the Lord is referred to as such. Isaiah 40:11 says, “He wil