THROUGHOUT the world shepherds are noted for their care of the sheep in their flocks. A traveler tells us this story.
“On the Aletsch glacier I saw a strange and beautiful sight — the parable of our Lord carried out to the letter.
“One day we were making our way down the glacier, when we saw a flock of sheep following their shepherd over the windings of the crevasses. They were passing from the pastures on one side of the glacier to the pastures on the other. The flock had numbered two hundred all told, but on the way one sheep had gotten lost.
“One of the shepherds called to us, asking if we had seen the sheep. Fortunately, one of our party had a field glass. With its help we discovered the lost sheep far up amid the tangled brushwood on the rocky mountainside. It was beautiful to see how the shepherd, without a word, left his hundred and ninety-nine sheep on the glacier wastes, knowing they would stay there perfectly still and safe. Then he went clambering back after the lost sheep until he had found it and brought it safely back again.”
The Lord Jesus did much more than this for sinners—for me. He left His heavenly glory, He became a man and came to seek and to save that which was lost. He never gave up the search until He had found me, wandering on the fields of sin, and brought me home again. But He gave His life for me, as one of old could say, “the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Gal. 2:2020I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20). Was ever love like His love?
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” Dear reader, has He found you yet? Have you trusted the salvation of your soul to Him alone, the Saviour of sinners?
ML-06/24/1962