WHAT a pretty flock of sheep we see in our picture; their wool looks so white and clean in the sunshine. The faithful old shepherd is leading them to some distant grassy hill of which he knows. He has cared for sheep for many years; see how kind he is to carry this little lamb which could not keep up with the rest of the flock. What would he do if one of these sheep, would stray away from the flock? I think he would hunt until he would find it; then if it had fallen into a ditch or puddle of water, the crook at the end of his staff would help him to pull it out. How carefully he must have watched these little things, but he knows every one, and they know him. They cannot get mixed with other flocks, for each sheep wants to follow its own shepherd, and knows his voice.
Are you one of Jesus’ little lambs? You are His if you have been saved, and He is watching over you as faithfully as this shepherd is watching over his flock. He will not let you go.
Look up Matt. 18:12 and 13 in your Bibles. If a human shepherd has such love and care for his sheep, how much greater the love of Jesus, the Great Shepherd, must be!
Be sure and listen to the voice of Jesus.
He speaks to you through His word, the Bible.
“MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME; AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH, NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY HAND.” John 10:27.
ML 05/24/1925