Searching for the Lost

I hate losing things.

I'm naturally a pretty neat person, and everything I have has it's own "place". So, when I can't find something, it drives me nuts. I can't sit still or move on with things until I find it. I take time and thoroughly look for it. Every crevice, hiding spot, and space is looked at over and again until I find what I'm looking for, and I have to keep looking no matter how long it takes until the item is found.

It reminds me of Jesus' parable about the woman who lost a coin. Even though she still had nine other silver coins, she diligently looked until she found the one she lost.

Jesus was using this parable as an analogy of the great value God places on the lives of the lost. The Lord has a great desire to recover those that are lost. He is searching out their hearts and knows those that are ready to receive Him.

Yet, how many of us are looking out for lost souls? How many of us are diligently going after those who do not know the God we have found? Do we go after the lost with vigor? Or do we even care that they are lost?

You can help bring joy into the Kingdom of Heaven by going after lost souls. Every single person that comes to Christ brings celebration to heaven. Don't you want to have a part in that party?

It doesn't matter how lost a person may seem. God still values them and wants them to be a part of His kingdom. Yes, it takes time. Yes, it takes diligence. Yes, it requires focus and fortitude. But, the payoff is someone receiving eternal life! Today, allow yourself to be used in searching out the lost. Who knows how many souls can be added to the kingdom of God because of your witness?

Verse of the Day: Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Luke 15:8-10