Thursday, August 27, 2015

Sought and Saved


"We will rejoice in Thy salvation" (Psalm 20:5).  "Know the state of thy flocks" (Proverbs 27:23).  "As a Shepherd seeketh out His flock... so will I seek out My sheep, and will deliver them... I will seek that which was lost" (Ezekiel 34:12,16).   "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it" (Matthew 13:45,46). 

As we rejoice in our salvation
We see the value of a soul
By God our Savior's estimation
Who paid redemption's price in full. 

True riches, then, are found in those
Who are by heaven so esteemed
That Jesus suffered, died, and rose
For every soul that He redeemed. 

Our Savior like a Shepherd sought
To rescue sheep which had been lost,
And as a merchant Man He bought
Our souls at heaven's highest cost. 

O Lord, we see these portraits framed
Depicting our eternal worth! 
You sought and saved the souls you claimed
Which You redeemed throughout the earth.  


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