Jesus, Your Good Shepherd And Door

John 10:7
7Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

Jesus says that He is the “door of the sheep”. What does He mean? Well, a sheepfold during Jesus’ time had no door which opened and closed. The door of the sheepfold was just an opening. In this kind of sheepfold, after the sheep enter it, the shepherd sleeps at the entrance. The shepherd becomes, effectively, the door of the sheepfold.

So when Jesus told His disciples, “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11), he also assured them emphatically that He was the “door of the sheep”. He was telling them and us, “Inside My sheepfold, My sheep are always safe, completely protected and closely kept under My watchful eyes. And since I am just at the entrance of the sheepfold, nothing, not even the muffled bleat of one of My own, can escape my ears. Also, nothing evil outside the sheepfold can enter and touch My sheep without first coming through Me for I am the door of My sheep.”

So when the fight of life comes knocking at your door and when panic threatens to rise within you, see yourself doubly protected! He is both the good shepherd and the door of His sheep. As your good shepherd, He gave His life for you to redeem you from poverty, sickness, financial lack and every curse.

As your door, He keeps out everything evil that He has redeemed you from. Because He shed His blood for you, you are covered and protected within the sheepfold by a blood-stained door. Disaster, destruction and death must pass over you and your family because of His blood on your door. Remember that on the night of the first Passover in Egypt, the destroyer could not enter the houses of the Israelites because of the blood of the lamb on their doors. (Exodus 12:13,23)

Today, you can live life untroubled and unafraid, knowing that Jesus, your good shepherd and your door, protects and preserves you and your family. No evil and disaster will befall you and your loved ones because He is your dwelling place and refuge!