FOLLOWING
EXODUS 33:15 (ABP)
Then Moses said to GOD, “Unless you are going to personally lead us, please don't send us away from this place."
JOHN 10:4 (CEB)
Whenever he has gathered all of his sheep, he goes before them and they follow him, because they know his voice.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We crave leaders who lead and that's why we follow Jesus.
PRAYER
Good Shepherd, you understand how leadership works. Thank you for your beckoning voice. Forgive me for inviting so many other distracting voices into my life that it's hard to hear you. I'm going to focus on following only you. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
