Needing A Shepherd

How often we need to focus on who our Shepherd is.  Jesus Christ is always there for us and we have only to call upon Him and He will answer.  Lord Jesus, thank you for your love and for so much more.
Ezekiel 34:11-16
For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.  And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.  I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.  I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.  I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy.  I will feed them in justice.

 In the villages of southern Germany, shepherds still tend their flocks. One crisp fall morning, a lamb was born as I watched from the kitchen window. It quickly stood on wobbly legs, nursing eagerly from its mother. Later that morning the shepherd was moving the sheep to another pasture. As he headed off, the sheep obediently followed, except the mother whose little lamb was still too weak for the journey. She dashed after the shepherd, then looking back at her lamb, bolted back to it. Increasingly distressed, she seemed to know she was unable to do what was needed to both care for her babe and follow the shepherd. My anxiety grew as well. Did he not see her distress? Would he carry on, oblivious to her need?

Settling the flock in their new pasture, he turned back to the abandoned ewe and her lamb. Leaving his dog to watch the others, he returned. Lifting the little lamb to his shoulders, he led the mother to the rest of the flock.
How often have I thought that God was oblivious to my need? How many times have I questioned what he is doing?
God affirms that he is our Good Shepherd, binding up the injured, strengthening the weak, going after the one who has lost his way, carrying the lambs in his bosom. He will never abandon us.