REGAINING THE LOST
I have now written this devotional twice! My first attempt was
lost along with the clipboard it was on. Fate? Bad luck? Who knows?
But I have learned a very personal lesson about searching for
something that is lost. This is, therefore, a very different
devotional from the first.
I can tell you, when something is lost, you will search
desperately to find it. When you do not find it, it can be
upsetting, to say the least. I cannot imagine how it must feel to
God when he searches and searches for his lost sheep. He has reached
out in so many ways, finally giving his only Son for us, and still
there are those who are lost to him. Some are lost by accident, some
of their own free will and yet others because of outside influences.
When we are searching for something missing, what do we often do?
Speaking from very recent, personal experience, I can tell you
without hesitation: We ask others to help us look. Guess what? That
is what God does. He asks us to help find his lost sheep. We
must all look for those who are lost to God. We must all reach out
to those lost souls and bring them back to the flock. We must all
see the soul within the sinner, just as God does.
Send forth, O God, a call to all your servants, granting them
hearts of love, sincerity of speech and the power of the Holy
Spirit, that they may be able to persuade their fellow man to turn
from sin and follow you. Through Jesus Christ, your only Son, our
Lord, I ask for this. Amen
Amy Keith
