Lamb and Man

I found this to be interesting. A few years ago I hear a minister speak about how Sheep is a great analogy for man. I mean how many times have Christ been compared to as a shepherd.

Luke 15

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. 2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' 7I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

"All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats." - Matthew 25:32

But what made me realize how true this analogy was till I heard this speaker talk about how a shepherd cares for his sheep.

First he obtains one Lamb and break it's leg. While hurt, the Lamb is cared for by the shepherd 24/7. By it's side day in day out. Until the Lamb is so use to the shepherd that once it's healed, it follows the shepherd everywhere it goes. Then the shepherd than obtains a flock of sheep, and all the while while the lamb follows the shepherd, the rest of the flock follows the lamb.

Christ is that LAMB and GOD is the SHEPHERD. We are that lost sheep that Luke talks about. And we are the ones that are lost. But he first broke the LAMB so that we have someone to follow. Christ died on the cross for us so that we can follow HIM. Great is our GOD indeed...