Musings – February 6th
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By Braxton King
John the Baptist said of Jesus, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”
John was identifying Jesus the Messiah as a Lamb who would be sacrificed for His people.
Jesus declared in the Gospel of John, “I am the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep.”
We can see that Jesus was not only the Lamb, but He was also the Shepherd. Jesus is our Shepherd Lamb. There are many titles of Jesus in the Bible that are like the facets of a diamond, revealing who He really is.
In the Shepherd and the Lamb, we see two beautiful pictures of our Savior. In the Lamb, we understand from the book of Exodus that it would be a lamb without blemish that would shed its blood for the deliverance of the people. That blood was to be applied to the door post of the house just like the blood of Jesus is to be applied to our hearts by faith. So Jesus is not only the lamb that is to die for the sheep but He is also the shepherd who will lead, guide, and direct them.
We see here a beautiful picture that should give every believer comfort in their hearts. The One who has saved us by His precious blood will also protect us by His might and power. What He started in our life, He will be faithful to complete it. He is not like the hireling that will flee when danger comes, but He will stay and fight for His sheep. The One who has saved us will leave the 99 to find the one who has gone astray.
Jesus is ready to protect us like David who fought the bear and the lion to protect the sheep. We should take comfort in the fact that the One who saved us is alive to take care and provide for us daily.
The Bible says, “Give us this day, our daily bread. He is our shepherd who leads us in the paths of righteousness for His name‘s sake.”
In the Shepherd Lamb, we see the One who is to die for us and the One who is to lead us.
So, we can with confidence declare, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”
We as sheep can look with confidence to our Shepherd, knowing that He became one of us, died for us, and was raised from the dead to be our Shepherd. He has already proven the value that He puts on each and everyone of us through His sacrificial death.
“Greater love has no man than this, that He lay down His life for his friends.”
The Lord is my Shepherd.
Reprinted courtesy of McCreary Journal.