When the Saviour left His throne,
Did He die for me?
He did, but not for me alone,
He died for others o’er the sea.
Let us the news of Gospel joys
Send to Other girls and boys.
The beautiful story in Luke 15, concerning the lost sheep is, perhaps, so well-known that we fail to appreciate it fully. We read it so often that we fail to grasp the wonder of its message. It speaks to us of God’s love for the lost sinner, and of the Good Shepherd Who sought the straying sheep. Just as the shepherd in the story spared no efforts to find the lost sheep, so the Lord Jesus was willing to suffer even unto death, for us. The Word of God tells us that,
“ALL, we like sheep have gone astray” (Isa. 53:66All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)), and have wandered from God; let us ever be thankful that we were not left in our lost condition, but that the Saviour sought us.
But we were not the only sheep for whom the Lord died. He said Himself, “Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, arid they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one flock, and one Shepherd.” And sad to say there are still some who have not heard of the Shepherd Who died for them—they are still in heathen darkness. Have we not a responsibility to help to send the Gospel story far and wide?
Jesus died for all the children,
All the children of the world;
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight.
ML 11/17/1940