The Good Shepherd and the Undershepherds
Posted July 28, 2010
The local church is a flock of God. Christ, the Great and Good Shepherd, is the One who knows, loves, feeds, protects, and leads her. He is in a league of his own. There is no one like him.
In his infinite suffiiciency, he has a predisposition to human agency. Now that is a mystery. He uses us to do his work. This is so much the case, that he calls us fellow-workers.
The God of glory uses mere men to do his work. Undershepherds are mere men, with no exceptions. They are men like Peter, who know grace, but stumble as well.
Undershepherds are called to act like the Good Shepherd on behalf of the Good Shepherd. They have no authority of their own. They only have the authority of the Word of God. They serve for love of the sheep because they have seen the love of the Good Shepherd for his own. They point people to Christ, to His word, by their example.
Consider the calling of the undershepherd. Listen HERE for more.
