Faithful Shepherd
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so I will seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Ezekiel 34:12
The wide-spreading tablelands on the east of Jordan afforded abundant pasturage for flocks, and through the gorges and over the wooded hills had wandered many a lost sheep, to be searched for and brought back by the shepherd's care. In the company about Jesus there were shepherds, and also men who had money invested in flocks and herds, and all could appreciate His illustration: "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?"...
As the shepherd loves his sheep, and cannot rest if even one be missing, so, in an infinitely higher degree, does God love every outcast soul....He says, "As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek our My sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day" (Ezekiel 34:12). (Christ's Object Lessons, 186, 187)
Reflection: Jesus is looking for you today. Will you stop to listen to His voice, and respond to His call?
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so I will seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Ezekiel 34:12
The wide-spreading tablelands on the east of Jordan afforded abundant pasturage for flocks, and through the gorges and over the wooded hills had wandered many a lost sheep, to be searched for and brought back by the shepherd's care. In the company about Jesus there were shepherds, and also men who had money invested in flocks and herds, and all could appreciate His illustration: "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?"...
As the shepherd loves his sheep, and cannot rest if even one be missing, so, in an infinitely higher degree, does God love every outcast soul....He says, "As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek our My sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day" (Ezekiel 34:12). (Christ's Object Lessons, 186, 187)
Reflection: Jesus is looking for you today. Will you stop to listen to His voice, and respond to His call?
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