There is a good Shepherd who never leaves His Sheep behind – He never leaves His Sheep helpless like Sheep without a Shepherd.
One day, the Sheep met the good Shepherd. The Shepherd had many Sheep in His Pasture and watched over each of them. The Shepherd knew every Sheep in His pasture by name and was very dedicated – tendering to the Sheep, gathering the lambs into His arms, and carrying them in His bosom. He was not only committed to the Sheep in His pasture today but also to the generations coming after them.
The Sheep have learned to hear the Shepherd’s voice – He calls them by name and leads them out by His hand – all the days of their lives, guiding and helping them. In every situation, He goes ahead of them. When He sees the wolf coming, He does not leave the Sheep and flee – He does not let the wolf snatch His Sheep – instead, He lays down His life for His Sheep. Surely, there is no greater love than this.
Once the Sheep were in His pasture, they were His for life through His own eternal life. He would not let anyone snatch them out of His hand. The Shepherd was also willing to bring other sheep into His fold – He wanted them to hear His voice so they would become one flock with one Shepherd.
Regardless of how committed the Shepherd was to the Sheep, they often went astray. But no matter how often this happened, the good Shepherd would search for His Sheep and seek them out. Even on gloomy and cloudy days with thick darkness, when the sheep are scattered, the Sheperd will go after them and deliver them from all the places they were scattered. Even when they have gone as far as other countries – the Shepherd never gives up; he gathers them from the countries and brings them to their own land.
And when He brings them to their land, He would feed them in all places with good pasture – even feeding them by the ravines on the mountain heights if required. The Sheep would lay in good grazing land and on rich pasture. He would make them lay down and rest.
When one of the Sheep went astray, he thought the Shepherd would not come for him, but the Shepherd loved His Sheep so much and did not want the Sheep to stay outside the pasture. He assured His Sheep by telling a parable.
“If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.”
The Sheperd is mindful of all His Sheep – even the ones that go astray – He will never leave the one behind – He never leaves His Sheep helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Blog references – multiple bible verses about God being a Good Shepherd