Moved by the Holy Ghost

Today I read Ezekiel 34:5-36:21 and 2 Peter 1:15-2:14. My favorite verses are:

Ezekiel 34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

The prophet said that David would be established as the shepherd of Israel to feed them. Peter said that this prophecy was the word inspired by the Holy Ghost. Ezekiel did not just make up things to say; God, by the Holy Ghost, told him what to say. David was a shepherd when he was a young boy; then he became King of Israel. God said that he would become a shepherd again. Christ, the chief Shepherd, the good Shepherd, was a descendant of David. In Him, the prophecy was fulfilled; this descendant of David fed Israel the Word of God. The Holy Ghost moved Ezekiel to let the Israelites know that they would survive the judgment of God and would be cared for by the Shepherd and given new life. There is an unspoken condition here—the sheep must follow where the Shepherd leads if they are to be fed. Are you following the Shepherd today?