It’s that time of year again. Spring is in the air. New baby calves are running and bucking with excitement. Lambing season is knocking at my door.
I’m blessed to train and use Border Collie’s to help with ranch work. They’re born with the desire and instinct to work livestock. We also select for dogs that are eager to work as a team with a person.
There’s nothing quite like working with a dog to accomplish a task.
Communication is crucial. The more we work together the better we read each other.
Sheepdog trial season is just around the corner! It’s time for me to shake the cobwebs out of my dogs training. I want to be ready and have my dogs represent well.
In all honesty I really want them to be able to shine. I want our relationship and communication to be on point.
It’s the same with how we represent God. I personally want my relationship and communication with God to be evident to those around me.
We can talk about how how we’re following Christ until we’re blue in the face but if our life doesn’t reflect it, we’re fooling ourselves.
My dogs, like us, aren’t robots. They have free will and like us can make choices. Sometimes their choices aren’t the best but when we work together the outcome is best.
The same goes in our relationship with the Lord. We have free will to make whatever choices. God does not call us to be robots, He wants us to come willingly.
When we are in a right standing relationship with God we are in continual communication with Him.
The closer we are to the heart of the Father the more our choices will reflect our relationship with Him.
I want my life and my choices to reflect the love of Jesus.
The analogy of my dogs and me is not perfect because I am not perfect and neither are they. Fortunately for us, God IS perfect so we can trust Him all the time. Whereas I make mistakes in my relationship with the dogs and so do they.
I’m blessed that my dogs really desire to hear my voice most of the time. They lean in to listen and want to please me. Sometimes they believe they’re right and I’m wrong. At that moment a correction is necessary.
The same can be said for us and we will need a correction to steer us back in the right direction.
God corrects us with love and mercy to get us back on the right track. How we respond to that merciful correction speaks to our trust in our loving Father.
Let’s lean in and keep our heart eager to hear to our Lord’s voice!
Ready to respond to the slightest whisper from Him. Submitting quickly when we’ve made a mistake and head the right direction.
In all we do and all we are, let’s represent Who’s we are!
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Laura, what a great analogy! I love how you said. "God corrects us with love and mercy to get us back on the right track. How we respond to that merciful correction speaks to our trust in our loving Father." I have never thought of that before, but that is so true! Thanks for sharing this over at #TellHisStory.