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Prone to Wander
By Rev. Dean Beaty 5/30/12
Luke 15:4 “What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose
one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness,
and go after that which is lost, until he find it?” (KJV)
God has promised that He’d guide us as we walk this pilgrim way.
But the problem that arises is how oft we go astray.
Like the lamb that did not follow as the rest went to the fold,
All alone he went his way, now he’s lost out in the cold.
The Good Shepherd, not contented with the ninety-nine He had,
Left them safe within the fold to search for one that had been bad.
Though it strayed and did not follow, still that lamb was His delight,
He would search until He found it, even in the dark of night.
The Lord will search until He finds His own child that went astray.
For God remember what He said, that our feet are made of clay.
Have you wandered from the path where the Shepherd leads His own?
As He calls you to return, don’t retain a heart of stone.
“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.”
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” by Robert Robinson 1757 at age 22
Luke 15:5-7 “And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying
unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto
you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than
over ninety and nine just persons, which needno repentance.” (KJV)
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