Numbers 11:4-6

We remember what we want to remember. We focus on memories so that we shape our emotions into what we want them to be. The Israelites chose not to be content with the way things were, they chose to remember good things about Egypt, not the bad. If Moses had said to them, "Fine, go back to Egypt, go tell pharaoh that you want to work for him again, "them some of them might have done just that. But Moses saw himself as the shepherd that God chose to lead the people, and he was not willing that any of the Israelites should be lost. Neither was Jesus. Do we feel that way about the people that God calls us to shepherd? Do we care if one of our lambs wanders off? And on the flip side, do we wander away from our shepherds and our flock? Do we follow them as the people that God raised up to instruct us in the Word? Do we behave like little kids that need milk, nap and play time, or are we mature, obedient, respecting humble Christians that are ready to sit down and be taught the Word? Which category do you fall into? What category do the people you yoke yourself to fall into?