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The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God. So replied Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. to a young reporter’s question on the occasion of the renowned Supreme Court Justice’s ninetieth birthday (1931). His quip evokes more theological truth than even he might have intended; for true success in this world is rooted first in the premise that God is in control… and I am...

looked upon as “shepherds” of the people (see Jer. 23; Ezek. 34), and David was a man with the heart of a shepherd (see 2 Sam. 7:8; 1 Chron. 21:17; Ps. 78:70–72). God’s church today is a flock, and each spiritual leader needs to have the heart of a shepherd and lovingly care for God’s lambs and sheep (John 10:1–18; 21:15–19; 1 Peter 5). You can drive cattle but you have to lead sheep or they will scatter. The shepherd must know his sheep individually, love them, and take care of them according to
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