One day Jason decided to buy a little goat. He put the goat in a fenced-in yard where it could feed on the tall green grass. He left it there until it was time to put the goat in the barn for the night. But when Jason went to get his little goat, it was gone! The little goat must have slipped through the fence somehow and gotten lost.
Jason and his family looked and looked for the little goat for over two hours before they finally found it. Do you think they would have kept looking if it had taken all night or a week or a month or even a year to find him?
No, I don’t think so. They would have gotten tired of looking and would have given up. But there is a story in the Bible about a Shepherd who kept looking until He found His lost sheep. Even though this Shepherd had one hundred sheep and ninety-nine of them were still with Him, He was unhappy about that one lost sheep. He left the ninety-nine sheep in the wilderness and looked for that one lost sheep until He found it. Then He laid that sheep across His shoulders and carried it home, rejoicing that He had found that one lost sheep.
What a faithful Shepherd He was! Do you know this Shepherd’s name? I’ll tell you; it is the Lord Jesus, and He is still looking for lost sheep. Are you one of them? He would love to be your Shepherd, your Saviour and your very best Friend. And He will be, if you will tell Him that you know you are a lost sinner and that you want Him to wash away all your sins.
“The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)). This Shepherd loves His sheep so much He will never stop looking for the lost ones, no matter how long it takes.
ML-05/11/2014