In Whose Fold Are You?

Be careful what you see

Be careful what you hear,

Be careful where you go

Be careful what you wear.

The devil is on the loose

He wants to capture your soul,

In fact right at this moment

You may be a sheep of his fold.

He is not a caring shepherd

But a hireling the Bible says,

He will damn your soul to hell

If you continue in his ways.

He makes evil appear good

And suggests that black is white,

He will turn you upside down

And lead you from the light.

He drives you from the rear

Quite unlike the Shepherd

That gave his life for the sheep

And leads them by his word.

As a matter of fact

Sheep are driven by the butcher

And the reason he is at the back

Shows he is not the shepherd.

Destination…slaughterhouse

The sheep know not this truth

Even though they are featured in ads

Outside the market booth.

“Get your choicest pieces

Of shoulder, leg or rump”

And the pieces that are left over

Are thrown on the city dump.

Though they feed and water them

This is only for the kill

So they can have a better price

And provide money for their till.

  

Many sheep are slaughter daily

Unwillingly giving their meat

They never know their peril

So they ravenously drink and eat.

They enjoy life to the fullest

But then comes their market day,

They are slaughtered and chopped in pieces

And then they are taken away.

I know of a Shepherd and Lamb

Yet they were one and the same

That gave his life for the sheep

Yes!  Jesus is his name.

His sheep will never perish

For he gives them everlasting life,

Heaven is their destination

Not life’s market and its strife.

Ours is a living sacrifice

Quite unlike the devil’s sheep,

We willingly give up our lives

To the Shepherd for him to keep.

And that he does each day

Going before us in the way

Providing, protecting and preserving

At school, at work, at play.

In whose fold are you?

That’s the question to consider,

If you’re in the butcher’s fold

The Shepherd is come to deliver.

Stewart Russell © July 2018