John 10:13 is brutally clarifying. Jesus says the hired hand runs “because he is a hired hand” and “doesn’t care for the sheep.” In other words, this is not a random failure. It is identity showing up under pressure. And that hits close to home for a lot of us.

In this episode of Formation to Transformation: A Worship Devotional, we talk about how pressure reveals what has been forming you, and why “care” is the real dividing line. Some voices want your attention, your energy, your loyalty, but they do not actually care for your soul. Jesus is training discernment that stays tender, not cynical.

We also name the wounds many carry from leadership that disappeared when things got messy, and why Jesus does not expose that reality to harden you, but to re-anchor your trust in the Shepherd who stays.