When They Hear His Voice

During the First World War several Turkish soldiers attempted to drive away a flock of sheep while their shepherd was sleeping. This occurred on a hillside near Jersalem on a warm day.

The shepherd was suddenly aroused and saw his sheep being driven off by the Turkish soldiers. This particular shepherd was sympathetic to the British, and, besides, he did not want to lose his sheep. Singlehanded he could not hope to recapture his sheep by force. Suddenly he had an idea. Standing on his side of the ravine, he put his hand to his mouth and gave his own peculiar call to gather his sheep. The sheep heard it, listened for a moment, then hearing the call again they turned and rushed down one side of the ravine and up the other. It was quite impossible for the Turkish soldiers to stop them, and they could not rush down the ravine in headlong fashion. Soon the shepherd escaped with his sheep to a place of safety before the soldiers had decided what to do. Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice." They may be temporarily deceived by fake leaders, but they will come rushing back to Him.

-Keith L. Brooks, in Sunday School Times