Wolf

"I lay down my life for the sheep," John 10:15.

I, I who? The shepherd. The good Shepherd. Jesus: I am the good shepherd. I lay down my life: that's what makes him the good shepherd. That's his ultimate serving. Whom does he so serve? the sheep. He yields his flesh, his blood to the wolf to feast upon. Now the so sated wolf does not devour the sheep. And that's how he serves his slaves at their banquet. That's how he washes the feet of his followers. That's how his ransom works to forgive the condemned. Why does he do this? because that's the way he is. The way he is. He is the way he is.

So we meet with a brother or sister today called by Jesus to be like him. And together we give praise and thanksgiving to God for the privilege to lay down our lives as well.