I once visited a farm where the children had a pet lamb named Wuggins. The children had to raise him all by themselves, because Wuggin’s mother had died.
The farm was in hilly country, and Wuggins liked to run and play on the hills. Sometimes he got too far away from home and couldn’t find his way back. Then the children would go out looking for him until they found him.
One day Wuggins really got lost. First, the children looked for him.
Then their parents looked for him. Finally, they asked me to help look, too. We all went into the hills, and each of us looked in a different area. We called, “Wuggins, Wuggins,” until we were all hoarse, but there was no sign of him.
I was climbing up the side of a steep hill when I was startled to see Wuggins looking at me from a clump of bushes. I called him. But he ran away, because he did not know my voice. I hurried back to tell the others. The children ran to where I had seen Wuggins. They soon found him. When Wuggins heard the children calling, he ran to them, because he knew their voices. He was picked up and carried home by the happy children who loved him very much.
Each one of us is just like Wuggins. We are lost if we don’t know the Good Shepherd. The Lord Jesus is that Good Shepherd. He said, “I am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” John 10:1111I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John 10:11).
He also tells us later in the chapter, “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 10:27,2827My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:27‑28).
The Lord Jesus loves us and wants us to come to Him and be saved. All we need to do is believe on Him. Jesus died for His sheep. Why did He do that? Because we are lost sheep and need to be found. The Bible says, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity (sin) of us all.” Isaiah 53:66All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6). Ask the Lord Jesus to be your Saviour, and He will pick you up in His strong arms and carry you to heaven, just like the children carried Wuggins home. Won’t you listen to the voice of the Good Shepherd and come to Him right now?
ML-08/09/1981