The Christian who obediently follows God’s voice remains in a perpetual state of helplessness and dependence on the Lord, as the sheep is to the shepherd. There is nowhere he could go where he is not led to, and nothing he could do that he is not gently and lovingly compelled to.
From the ordinary pasture to the great feast, he is revived when weary, protected when threatened by danger, restored when he goes astray, and nurtured to perfection, when only goodness and love would follow him all the days of his life.
