Sheep means to love to the point of suffering, to obey to the point of death.
The Israelites relied on their sight, and their security was on their idol. To save them, they had to become sheep.
God corrects whom He loves, and only those He loves know His character.
Yes, God will use your circumstances to edify you in Christ so you can be saved and not be lost.
Only the parent that hates his children watches them walk the path of destruction. The one who loves them, tightens the rules, or shows grace.
"He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters." Psalm 23:2
He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 4 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me." Psalm 23
