What's worth more: a human or an animal? If a firefighter runs into a burning house and has to choose between a young girl or her cat, the firefighter is going to save the young girl every time. Human life is more precious.

Does a shepherd understand that?

This week, I am considering the words of Jesus who says that he is the Good Shepherd. What's more important? What's more valuable: the Shepherd or the sheep? Which would you pull out of harms way? Shouldn't it be the Shepherd?

But here you see the love of Christ. He throws himself between danger and his sheep. He lays down his life for us. Some other shepherd might think to himself "My human life is more important than the life of these animals." Some other shepherd would let the sheep perish for the sake of his own life. But not the Good Shepherd. God gives up his life for us.

Pastor Jansen