We will follow our Shepherd, because we recognize His voice, and because He knows us by name.

 No one snatches out of His hand:

 

John 10:27-29

27     “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

     28     and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

     29     “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

     

             We will follow our Shepherd, because we recognize His voice, and because He knows us by name. Some people say that you can’t hear God. This says that we not only can hear Him, we can distinguish when it is His voice and when it is another voice. This also says that we know we have eternal life, and that we will never perish. This is a further verse that gives us assurance that God didn’t choose us just for a lifetime. He chose us eternally. No one can steal us out of Jesus’ hand, because no one is powerful enough to seize us out of the Father’s hand. We don’t have to fear that we’ll be kept from making it to the end.

 

If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what He would say:

            "My children are special unto Me. I did not choose them just to have them depart from Me after a short time. I chose them forever. There is no one nor any thing powerful enough to snatch them out of My hand. I will hold on to them as long as they will let Me. They need not fear that I will ever reject them, nor that anyone can keep them from knowing My love forever.”

 

            46. I can rest assured that I am safe in Jesus’ hand. The Father will see to that. I have eternal life and will never perish.