I am the good shepherd

I am the good shepherd

" I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep!" John 10:11

"Rejoice with Me—for I have found My lost sheep!" Luke 15:6

How great is the mercy of being recovered from our wanderings in the wilderness of sin—and of being brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd, who laid down His life for the sheep. My soul, seek to know more of your Shepherd—and dwell much upon His grace in seeking and finding you, and bringing you to His fold.

Had He left you to yourself —you would have wandered to your eternal ruin! But He . . .
  opened your eyes,
  showed you your guilt and danger,
  put an earnest cry into your heart for saving mercy,
  and then came to your help! He . . .
lifted you up out of the horrible pit and miry clay,
washed you and healed you,
carried you as upon His shoulders,
and placed you among His folded ones!

May His love constrain you to keep near Him—that you may hear His voice, and be ready to follow Him wherever He leads you.

In due time, He will conduct you to the heavenly fold, where you will forever be sheltered from harm! There He will feed you and lead you unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away all tears from your eyes!

Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I'll sing Thy sovereign grace!

Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day!

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