…and they will hear my voice.

Someone told me this story:

In the beginning of World War II, the Nazis commissioned a massive battleship named the Bismarck. It was the biggest fighting vessel the world had seen up to that time. With the Bismarck the Germans had the opportunity to dominate the seas. Very soon after it was commissioned, the Bismarck sank tons of Allied shipping and allied aircraft. Its massive armour plating resulted in the boast that the Bismarck was unsinkable. But the Bismarck was sunk. And it was sunk due to one lone torpedo. A torpedo hit the Bismarck in the rudder. As a result the battleship zigzagged through the sea, unable to reach harbour. It was only a short while before the British navy was able to overtake and destroy it.

As you can see, no matter how large the battleship may be, it is doomed without a rudder to direct it.

Floundering on the waters of chaos without a rudder, the Bismarck is a modern-day image of a world without the direction of Jesus the Good Shepherd.

Without the Lord, the world is headed toward chaos. But with the Lord there is guidance, direction and purpose in life.