Leaving 99

Yesterday I was listening to my itunes on shuffle and the Audio Adrenaline song "Leaving 99" started playing. Since then I've had it on repeat, and can't get enough of it. Its a great song, because it talks of an awesome savior who would leave 99 people that love him to go find the one lost one.

The focus isn't so much that he is leaving the others, but that he loves that ONE so much that he would leave the others just so that the one wouldn't be lost. In Luke 15:7, Jesus says "I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need repentance.

Here are the lyrics to the song:
I'm lost and broken all alone on this road
The wheels keep turning but the feeling is gone
When I fear I'm on my own
You remind me i am not alone

You say..

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

It's dark and lonely and the path is unclear
Can't move my feet because I'm frozen with fear
And you say, my child, my child
I am always here, i'm at your side

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

You're never too far down
I promise you'll be found,
I'll reach into the mud,
Miry clay
Pursue you to the end,
Like a faithful friend,
Nothing in this world,
Will 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...
To find you..

The song is based on a scripture verse Luke 15:4 where Jesus is talking.
"What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

I  hope that this encourages you today. Jesus loves YOU.