The Sheepdog at the Master's Feet
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★THE CONCEPT of prayer is closely related to a sheepdog. The sheepdog, who helps the shepherd or farmer to round up the sheep, is always trained to come to his master’s feet. Sheepdogs are some of the most trained dogs in the world. They learn to round up sheep and keep them in the fold, box them in, and run and corner them too. Then the dogs come right back to the master’s feet. A sheepdog would always pray; that is, he would always find himself at the master’s feet ready for the next instruction. That’s prayer. Prayer is that abiding relationship where believers stay at the master’s feet.
The point
Sheepdogs trained to return to the master's feet for instruction illustrate prayer as an abiding relationship with God, always ready for direction.
Scripture
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Audience
Adults
Tone
Intimate · Instructive · Relational
To tell aloud
under a minute · 109 words