Good Morning Friends,
“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each
of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of
us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was
led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with
the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in
his mouth. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:6-7, 9, 12)
Sheep are dumb animals. They put their heads
down into the grass and roam wherever their nose takes them. When they finally
look up, they are lost and not smart enough to find their own way back to the
safety of the fold.
Sheep desperately need a shepherd. They need
someone who will keep watch over them. They need someone who will seek them out
when they wander away and carry them back to the fold. They need someone who
will protect them from the dangers that are around them. They need someone who
will protect them from their own mistakes, undoing the wrong they’ve done.
We are like sheep. We get so caught up in our
own needs and desires and in the things of this world, that we wander away. When
we look up, we have no idea how to get home, how to get back to God. There are
dangers all around and, mostly, there are dangers from within ourselves. It’s
our own mistakes that lead us astray.
We have a Shepherd. One who watches over us.
One who seeks us out when we stray. One who carries us back to the fold. One
who protects us from the dangers around us. One who covers over our own
mistakes, even at great cost to Himself, bearing our sins on His back.
We have a Shepherd. Aren’t you glad!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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