For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.
(Luke 19.10
NRSV)
Jesus heard the "grumbling" and complaining of the Pharisees. In response he told a parable about a shepherd who had one hundred sheep. At the end of a long day the shepherd was counting his sheep when he discovered that one was missing. He had a dilemma. Would any shepherd leave ninety-nine sheep in the wilderness to search for one that was missing? Common sense would probably lead us to protect the ninety-nine that were accounted for. Maybe that's why St. Paul talked of the "foolishness of God." This shepherd leaves ninety-nine sheep and goes searching for one that has gone astray. When the shepherd finds the one lost sheep, "he calls together his friends and neighbors saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’"
Dear God, guide me in finding the lost. Amen.
Ron
Newhouse
Help Promote
Devotions.Net |
Past Devotions
| Home
| Bible
| Devotions
| Humor
| Visitors
| Links
|