This Sunday we began our series about being “Chased by God” with the parable about the shepherd who upon losing 1 sheep leaves the 99 to go search for it.
Some of the awesome things we see about Jesus our Good Shephard include:
- Jesus values each one of us. We aren’t just a number or 1% of the flock.
- Jesus is the one doing the searching. The sheep didn’t wander home, it was lost.
- Jesus wants to be close even when you’ve gone far. His first action is to put the sheep on His shoulders. He doesn’t strike it.
- Jesus will always celebrate finding. It doesn’t matter how many times you come home it will always be a celebration. In shame we have a tendency to want to hide our wandering, but Jesus shines light and love on us by celebrating the return. We should as well.