WHAT a pretty flock of sheep; their wool looks so white and clean in the sunshine. The faithful old shepherd is leading them to some distant grassy hill of which he knows. He has cared for sheep for many years. See how kind he is to carry the little lamb which could not keep up with the rest of the flock.
What would he do if one of these sheep, would stray from the flock? He would hunt until he found it. If it had fallen into a ditch or puddle of water, the crook at the end of his staff would help him to pull it out. How carefully he must have watched these little creatures. He knows every one, and they know him.
Are you one of Jesus’ little lambs? You are His if you have been saved, and He is watching over you more faithfully than this shepherd is watching over his flock. He will not let you go.
Look up Matt. 18:12, 1312How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. (Matthew 18:12‑13) in your Bibles. If a human shepherd has such love and care for his sheep, how much greater the love of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, must be!
Be sure to listen to the voice of Jesus. He speaks to you through His Word.
“I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD: THE GOOD SHEPHERD GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR THE SHEEP.”
ML-02/24/1935