My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

 God watches, listens, and protects:

 

            No one snatches out of the Father’s 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.

 

            Talk about security! No one is capable of snatching us out of the Father’s hand. Little boys sometimes brag on their fathers … “My father can (whatever) better than your father.” Well, our Father is so strong that no one can snatch us out of His hand!

            The verses also talk about us hearing Jesus’ voice. Many people, even some Christians, put us down when we say we heard Jesus or the Father speaking to us. But the truth is that we can hear. We just need to train ourselves to recognize when it’s God’s voice and not our soul’s. That is what the Word is for. It divides between soul and spirit. That’s the only way to know for sure who is speaking. We must be in the Word day after day to be able to recognize when He is speaking and when it is our soul.

            These verses talk about following Jesus. We like sheep must follow Him. It’s when we go out on our own that we get into trouble. Following Him keeps us safe. Parents are concerned about what websites their children visit. Well, our Father is concerned about the world-sites that we visit. Just like our children can become prey to online predators, we can become prey to worldly predators. Also just like children can spend too much time online or playing games on the computer when they should be doing schoolwork, we can spend too much time doing things of the world that keep us from doing what God wants us to do. They don’t have to be things that are bad in themselves. They just keep us from doing the best things.

            We also see here that He gives eternal life to us and that we will never perish. This is our destiny. We are destined to succeed, not fail!

 

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

            "My children, there is nothing that can take you away from Me. You are Mine forever and no one can steal you away from Me. You can rest assured in My love and protection. The enemy would try to lure you away from Me; but he cannot do anything to you unless you let him. Do not allow him to hold sway over you. He cannot harm you without your consent. Do not trust him and do not allow him to persuade you to fear Me nor to fear that I will turn My back on you. I will never let you go, and he cannot take you away from Me. Your destiny is in your hands, and you have full control over your life … where you will live and where you will die.”

 

            21. I hear Jesus’ voice and I follow Him. He gives me eternal life, and I will never perish. No one snatches me out of the Father’s hand.