A Prayer about Being a Sheep
A Prayer about Being a Sheep
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6
Good Shepherd,
Wrap our minds and hearts
around this profoundly good news.
We are like sheep,
and sheep are prone to wander.
Sheep tend to get themselves in mucky ruts,
forget to eat,
stumbling down wrong paths
right into predators’ jaws.
We, like sheep,
were stuck, belly up in our own sin,
helpless to right ourselves.
Into our helplessness,
God sent a Lamb,
his own Lamb,
to be our spotless sacrifice.
On you, the Lamb of God,
our sin was laid:
“Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so [you] opened not [your] mouth” (Isaiah 53:7).
Now you are our faithful Shepherd,
and you lead us beside “waters of rest,” (Psalm 23:2),
on “right paths,”
turning us away from the sin-ruts
we would dig for ourselves.
Now you lead us in paths of righteousness,
and you receive the glory (Ps. 23:3).
Faithful Shepherd,
thank you for your perfect sacrifice for us,
and for restoring our sheepish souls.
In your sacrificial name we pray. Amen.
Read Isaiah 53:6-12; Psalm 23.
![Have you ever felt forsaken?
He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:8
Faithful Father,
In times that we feel forsaken,
whether because of betrayal or abandonment or loss,
may we remember,
“It is the Lord who goes before [us],”
and you will never leave us or forsake us.
You are a God who made a covenant,
a promise of love to your people
that you alone upheld.
Even after Adam and Eve disobeyed you in the garden,
you promised to send your Son to destroy Satan (Gen. 3:15).
You promised Abraham to make him a great nation (Gen. 12:2),
and you continued to love your people, the Israelites,
even though they continued to rebel against you:
“For the mountains may depart,
and the hills may be removed,
but my steadfast love will not depart from you” (Isaiah 54:10).
In your most stunning proof of your commitment
to bring your people back to you,
you allowed your Son to be forsaken on the cross,
to die for our sins,
that we might become your children.
Because you will never leave nor forsake
your children in Christ,
when we feel lonely
or exiled
or forgotten,
we need not “fear or be dismayed” (Deuteronomy 31:8).
In Jesus’ faith-full name we pray. Amen.
Read Deuteronomy 31:8; Isaiah 54.
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