HAVE you ever seen sheep? Do you know what gentle, quiet creatures they are? You would enjoy a pretty little lamb for a net if you could have one.
Did you ever read about sheep in God’s Word? Here is one verse that tells what the Shepherd says:
“I am, the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” John 10:11.
And here are other verses telling what the sheep says:
“The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.” Some of you can repeat all of this beautiful twenty-third Psalm.
Are you one of these sheep? Can you say, “The Lord is my Shepherd?”
What are the green pastures in which He makes us to lie down? What are pastures to the sheep in the picture? “Their food,” you say.
His pastures are not fields of green grass, such as the sheep, in the picture feed upon. No, dear children, the Word of God is the pasture in which we find our food. And it is very precious food. The more we feed upon it, the more we enjoy it.
Just as the sheep eat some food and then rest and digest it, so our Shepherd wants us to read in His word, then think about it—digest it. Then when we are ready for another meal, we can read some more. But we must not forget that we need these meals every day.
“GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY WHICH LOVE THY LAW AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM.” Psalm 119:165.
ML 04/27/1924