Shepherd

     Have you ever been lost? Maybe on a camping trip or a driving trip? Have you lost sight of your children at the mall or the park? Being lost can be a frightening experience for all of us. So many people do not realize they are lost. Lost without hope. Lost without God. Lost without a shepherd.

All of us, like sheep, have gone astray. Each of us has turned to his own way. But the Lord has caused the iniquity of all of us to fall on Him. Isaiah 53:6

     Isaiah is prophesying about Jesus, hundreds of years before He would take on our iniquities. Jesus is our good shepherd, the one who would lay down His life for us. A good shepherd tends to his sheep. He watches over them by day and by night. He feeds them. He makes sure they are safe. He leads them to green pastures. He carries them home when they are lost. Our shepherd does the same.

     I once was lost and now I am found. You too? And right this minute, He is tending to you and your needs. Listen for His precious voice today. This shepherd is good through and through.

My sheep listen to My voice. I know them and they know Me. John 10:27

     Still lost? Jesus, the good shepherd, will never give up on seeking you, on beckoning you to Him, on taking you safely home. He continually searches for His lost sheep.

“What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if He finds it, truly I tell you, He is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander away.” Matthew 18:12-13

Jesus,

You will never give up on those that have not found You. We pray for any lost sheep that need the voice of the good shepherd to lead them home. Let us heed Your beautiful voice as we venture out in the world. Do not let us go astray.

Amen