27/10/2026
🤍 Midweek Encouragement | Do You Hear the Shepherd Say, “I Love You”? 🤍
We've been talking about staying close to the Shepherd—following His leading, trusting His faithfulness, and learning to rest in His presence.
But today, I want to ask you something a little different.
Do you hear the Shepherd say, “I love you”?
One of the most beautiful things we can hear from our Heavenly Father is those three words: “I love you.”
Jeremiah 31:3 says:
“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.”
— Jeremiah 31:3 NKJV
Think about that for a moment.
His love is everlasting. It isn't temporary, and it isn't dependent on how well we've performed, how strong we've been, or how perfectly we've walked the path.
His love is the reason He draws us close.
Sometimes, we become so focused on following the Shepherd, doing the right things, and getting where we believe He wants us to go that we forget to stop and simply receive His love.
But sheep don't just follow the Shepherd because they know the way. They learn to trust Him because they know His heart.
And when we begin to truly understand how deeply we are loved by the Father, something changes within us.
We stop striving to earn what He has already offered us through His grace.
We stop allowing rejection, disappointment, and the opinions of others to define our worth.
We begin to become rooted and grounded in love.
When the storms come, our roots hold.
When others reject us, His love remains.
When we stumble, His grace draws us back to Him.
We are no longer trying to find our identity in what we do, what we achieve, or what others think of us. We begin to live from the security of knowing whose we are.
You are deeply loved by the Father.
Not just on your best days. Not just when you feel close to Him. His invitation is to know His everlasting love and allow it to become the foundation of your life.
🌿 So this week, slow down. Get quiet in His presence. Open your heart to His Word and let the truth of His love sink deep into your spirit.
Don't just follow the Shepherd's footsteps.
Listen for His heart.
Let His love reach the places where fear has taken root. Let it heal the places where rejection has left its mark. Let it establish you so deeply that the circumstances around you cannot shake what you know about His heart toward you.
🤍 The Shepherd is not only leading you. He loves you.
And as you stay close to Him, may you become so rooted and grounded in that love that it shapes the way you live, the way you see yourself, and the way you love others.
Do you hear the Shepherd say, “I love you”?
