My incredible, fantastic, handsome, wise, generous – is that enough kudos Will? – youth intern did some research on sheep.

He found that sheep have good close-range sight, but poor long-range sight and excellent hearing.

Sheep can use their ears to locate something that their poor long-range sight can’t see. Used for alerting them of predators, they can twist their ears all around to be able to locate where possible danger may come from. They can also do the same to locate where the voice of the shepherd is that they’re meant to be following.

In the story Jesus tells in Jn 10 about the shepherd and his flock, He says, “When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.” (Jn 10:4)
How often are we like the sheep?
We can see with at least some clarity what’s directly in front of us, but we struggle to see beyond into the future to see which path that the next step in front of us will take us on.

That’s why hearing is so important.

Many of us are involved in fasting at the moment in some way for you – how’s the twisting of the ear going to locate His voice and the direction to which He’s calling you to go?

Easier asked than answered – but so important to do.