you're never too far down
I promise you'll be found
I'll reach into the mud and mirely clay
pursue you to the end
like a faithful friend
nothing in this world can keep me away
I'd leave ninety-nine
leave them all behind
to find you
for you alone
I'd leave ninety-nine
leave them all behind
to find you
The beauty of the story of the prodigal son is the love of the father. This love that knows no bounds or sacrifice too great. A few verses before the story of the prodigal son is of a shepherd and his sheep. The theme is similar in that the shepherd like the father would do anything to retrieve that which was lost because he loved the one so much.
"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. (Luke 15:4-7 NASB)
We must always rejoice when one who was lost is found. We must also remember that a one time we were the one whom God left 99 for.
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