For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- Luke 19:10
Chapter 15: A lost sheep, a lost coin, a lost son.
Chapter 18: A wealthy and powerful, yet lost young man ("ruler").
Chapter 19: A crooked and conniving and lost little man. Three parables and two very real people, each of which is lost.
None of us likes to admit he or she is lost. Thanks to GPS and Google Maps men no longer have admit to it; at least in the geographical sense. (God wired the inability to ask directions into our - men's - DNA ).
The lostness Jesus speaks of is much deeper. It is the lostness of the soul when separated from the God who created and loves.
It is because of this lostness that Jesus came. Jesus entered the world with a mission: To seek and save the lost. Lost beggars, lost tax-collectors, lost you and lost me.
Max Lucado wrote:
If our greatest need had been information,
God would have sent an educator.
If our greatest need had been technology,
God would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need had been money,
God would have sent us an economist.
But since our greatest need was forgiveness,
God sent us a Savior.
Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
None of us likes to admit lostness - the dark incompleteness that nags down deep. But it is only in admitting lostness that foundness becomes possible.
"Amazing Grace... I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see."
God, thank you for your amazing grace that turns my lostness into foundness.
For now...
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God, thank you for your amazing grace that turns my lostness into foundness.
For now...
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