Shepherds were frequently subjected to grave dangers, even giving their life for their sheep. Jesus came to not just rescue us from worldly predators, but to sacrifice His life for us as He died an excruciating death on the cross!

As fully man and fully God, He is the perfect, unblemished Lamb of God who could pay the true price for sin, death (Romans 6:23).

I am always amazed how God orchestrates details. Jesus is the Good Shepherd and the sacrificial lamb who paid the price for all our sin. He was born in a stable, placed in a manager in Bethlehem where the shepherds tended the lambs raised for sacrifice in the temple.

Those lambs were the temporary payments for our sins, His was the final payment and victory over death as He was raised from the dead! He gave His life for all His sheep while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8) because of His great love for us!