Today’s reading is Psalm 119 (vss. 161-176).
One in a Hundred
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,
for I do not forget your commandments.
Psalm 119:176 (ESV)
Is this really how our psalmist’s story ends?
Of course not. Yes, it is how the psalm ends, but not the story. We find the rest of the story in Matthew 18:10ff.
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish (ESV).
In fact, the psalmist begs for God to seek him as a lost sheep. And God came into the world in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, God the Son, the Messiah and Christ. Why did He come into the world? To seek and to save that which is lost (see Luke 19:10).
The psalmist went astray and begged God to seek him out. And God said, “Yes!”
And He has done and continues to do the same for us.
Praise the Lord!
Next week’s reading is Psalm 120.
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