Kathy and I recently witnessed a performance on shepherding by a shepherd from Ireland. He highlighted three qualities about sheep that I found instructive. 

The final quality is that sheep are humbly obedient. We watched as this shepherd used his staff to simply point in a direction.  

The sheep would gather and begin moving in the direction in which the shepherd had pointed in humble obedience.  

As shepherds, we need to give our team clear direction; but as followers we need to be humbly obedient to our leaders. 

Colossians 3:22 says, “Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.” 

God desires us to humbly obey those who are in authority, just as sheep do.