becoming God's flock

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture,

And the sheep of His hand.

Psalm 95:6-7 NKJV

Our saviour leads us like a shepherd, but how? Is it just individual, is it just that still small voice? Is it simply by reading the Word on my own, by myself?

Or, has the Good Shepherd given us shepherds, to lead us in His care? What would that look like? What would following His appointed shepherds look like? How well do I/we do that?

Hebrews 13:7, 17 urge us to consider and follow, for our own benefit. Does how I follow a shepherd relate to how I'm following the Shepherd?