"I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments." --(PSALM 119:176)--
--WE LIKE SHEEP, stray from God's holy will. That is not a smart thing to do, nor a rational thing, but it is the nature of sheep: self-absorbed and oblivious to danger. We would like to think the Bible characterizes us as sheep for cuddliness or lovability. The truth of the matter, however, is that the analogy more aptly fits the former list of traits than the latter. Sinners need corralling, not coddling.
Straying sheep do not take conscious assessments of their whereabouts and predicaments. Straying sheep get lost and on on the brink of being dead sheep unless someone comes looking for them, takes them in his arms, and leads them back to safety.
Such is the work of our Good Shepherd, Jesus the Christ. Like the Psalmist, we take delight even in our Shepherd's Commandments, for we have come to understand through saving faith that His words are life and truth. And we are eager to return home with Jesus, because He has gone further than any moral shepherd could. His manner of seeking and returning us home to the Father was laying down His own life and taking it up again on behalf of us, His sheep.
--"Good Shepherd, seek us and lead us. We long to be in the arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. Lord Jesus, "I BELIEVE"=[BIG DADDY WEAVE]. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus Mighty Name." <https://youtu.be/SOatlJLKt40> -------
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
