Breakfast Club Devotion #7 - The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf.
The wolf is often used in stories to portray a dangerous threat. Little Red Riding Hood said “What big teeth you have,” and was soon eaten by the wolf. Jesus said that some shepherds see the wolf coming, and they abandon the sheep, because they care not for the sheep. But Jesus gathers the sheep into the sheep fold, and protects them. I’ve heard it said that the shepherd would lay down and sleep in the opening of the sheep fold, thus literally becoming the gate for the sheep.

In our Breakfast Club conversation, I emphasized the importance of being in a protective fold, a strong community of faith so that we can be protected from the dangers of this world, including liars, thieves and robbers, those who have no interest in our well being, those who make no effort to protect the sheep from harm and help rescue them from the real big bad wolf, our enemy the devil.

“The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy, but I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd, and I lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10:10-11