BBD 05.26.21 The Lost (Classic)
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Classic from 2001
The Burning Bush Devotional
26 May 2021
The Lost
What do
you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he
not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is
straying? And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more
over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. Even so it is
not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones
should perish. - Matthew 18:12-14.
Apparently
there have been a great number of things lost in the backseat of London cabs.
There have been found in the back of London cabs 62,000 cell phones, a goldfish
in a water-filled bag, $2900.00 in cash, a suitcase full of diamonds and one
little girl. Those were some of the things left behind in just the first six
months of this year. Surprisingly only half of the phones were claimed (We
can only hope the little girl was promptly claimed!). The owners of those
phones were hoping that their operating service would replace the lost phones
with a newer and better one. Many companies do exactly that to avoid losing
their customers to rival services who often give away the latest phones when
customers switch to their service.
The
example of our Lord is that He is continually seeking the lost. The Holy Spirit
is wooing and working in the lives of the lost and we who are Christians have
been commanded to go and to seek the lost. It is not the Father’s will that any
of the lost should perish. But sadly, there are many of those who are lost that
do not want to be found. But even sadder are the lost that are like the
unclaimed cell phones. There are countless millions of lost people who would
gladly be found if only someone would come and share the gospel with them.
Would
your Lord have you to leave the ninety and nine to seek that one who is lost
but willing to be found? They are
all around us waiting. The Holy Spirit has quietly worked in their hearts as
people have prayed for their souls. All that remains is for someone to go and
tell them the Good News. Will you respond as Isaiah saying “Here am I! Send me (Isaiah 6:8).”
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