Jesus the Good Shepherd

We people are a lot like sheep, we're not all that bright;
We very easily get lost in life, without Jesus as our guide.
Christ is the Good Shepherd, who gives His life for the sheep;
He willingly laid it down for all of us, His love is so deep!

Jesus knows who are His, and His own, they know Him too;
Jesus is the Door, the saved of all the ages go through.
He came so we might have Life, and have it in abundance;
By entering in through Jesus, we find pastures sumptuous.

His own Jesus calls by name; He shows them God's way -
They hear the Shepherd's voice; and they follow, and obey.
A stranger they'll not follow, from a stranger they will flee;
They hear only Jesus' voice, He is the only one they see.

Jesus is the Good Shepherd because He was sent from God;
He is the owner of the sheep, and that matters, a whole lot!
A hireling, when the wolf attacks, will leave the sheep alone;
He doesn't really care for them, as they are not his own.

There's always thieves, and robbers, and deceivers galore;
Listen people, don't go after them, or you will be sorry sore!
The thief comes only to steal, and to destroy, and to kill -
Not so Jesus, He came to do His heavenly Father's perfect will.

The Savior came to give His life, for us on the cross to be slain;
He came to lay it down, so He might take it back again.
Jesus knows who are His, and of His own Jesus is known -
They see the cross, just how great a love their Lord has shown.

Believers are perfectly safe in Christ, they will never perish;
He gives them eternal life, a promise we can trust and cherish.
Nothing, or no one, can pluck us out of the Father's hand -
God says so in His Word, and God's Word forever will stand!