BBD 07.17.21 Feeling Lost and Forgotten (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

17 July 2021

Feeling Lost and Forgotten

For the
Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. - Luke 19:10.

Are not
five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten
before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear
therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. - Luke 12:6-7.

Some
people may feel more lost and forgotten than others. In the District of
Columbia, the Department of Corrections apparently forgot about a homeless man
for five months. After charges against the man were dropped the DOC held him in
custody for five months claiming computer records had not been updated allowing
for his release. In Japan immigration authorities had a similar problem
forgetting about one individual they held in custody for almost two months
after release should have occurred. Immigration authorities said that the
expiration of the detention period “had been forgotten.”

The
word “languish” is somewhat of a forgotten word, which means: to be or become feeble, or weak; to be or live in a state
of depression or decreasing vitality; or to become dispirited. While we may not be languishing forgotten in a prison or jail cell
somewhere we may feel forgotten by God, and we may be “languishing” in
this state of existence. The psalmist experienced this and said: “I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel
(Psalm 31:12).”

The
good news is that God has not forgotten you and He knows exactly where you
are. God knows everything about you, including how many hairs you have
or don’t have on your head. God has not forgotten even about the sparrows, and
you are of so much more value than they are to Him. You are the reason Jesus
came down from the glories of Heaven and suffered and died on the cross. He
came to find and save you.

How do
we escape from our languishing and of feeling forgotten and lost? We must through faith put our trust in the Lord. The Psalmist
says “The Lord also will be a refuge for the
oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put
their trust in You; for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You (Psalm
9:9-10).” We must do even in the face of our
feeling forgotten, abandoned, and languishing what David did. We must seek the
refuge of the Lord, we must commit ourselves, our lives, everything that we are
and hope to be into the hands of God. David says even though he is feeling
forgotten and abandoned, “Into Your hand
I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth (Psalm 30:5).”

As
Jesus was dying on the cross (Luke 23:46) He quoted Psalm 30:5,
“Into Your hand I commit my spirit.” As great
men and women down through the centuries have been martyred for their faith it
has been recorded that many of them also quoted the same words as Jesus. Let
us not wait until death to place our lives into His hands. Let us do so
now.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Nannie R.; Shonda
Hutson; and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist
Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

17 July 2021

Feeling Lost and Forgotten

For the
Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. - Luke 19:10.

Are not
five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten
before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear
therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. - Luke 12:6-7.

Some
people may feel more lost and forgotten than others. In the District of
Columbia, the Department of Corrections apparently forgot about a homeless man
for five months. After charges against the man were dropped the DOC held him in
custody for five months claiming computer records had not been updated allowing
for his release. In Japan immigration authorities had a similar problem
forgetting about one individual they held in custody for almost two months
after release should have occurred. Immigration authorities said that the
expiration of the detention period “had been forgotten.”

The
word “languish” is somewhat of a forgotten word, which means: to be or become feeble, or weak; to be or live in a state
of depression or decreasing vitality; or to become dispirited. While we may not be languishing forgotten in a prison or jail cell
somewhere we may feel forgotten by God, and we may be “languishing” in
this state of existence. The psalmist experienced this and said: “I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel
(Psalm 31:12).”

The
good news is that God has not forgotten you and He knows exactly where you
are. God knows everything about you, including how many hairs you have
or don’t have on your head. God has not forgotten even about the sparrows, and
you are of so much more value than they are to Him. You are the reason Jesus
came down from the glories of Heaven and suffered and died on the cross. He
came to find and save you.

How do
we escape from our languishing and of feeling forgotten and lost? We must through faith put our trust in the Lord. The Psalmist
says “The Lord also will be a refuge for the
oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put
their trust in You; for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You (Psalm
9:9-10).” We must do even in the face of our
feeling forgotten, abandoned, and languishing what David did. We must seek the
refuge of the Lord, we must commit ourselves, our lives, everything that we are
and hope to be into the hands of God. David says even though he is feeling
forgotten and abandoned, “Into Your hand
I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth (Psalm 30:5).”

As
Jesus was dying on the cross (Luke 23:46) He quoted Psalm 30:5,
“Into Your hand I commit my spirit.” As great
men and women down through the centuries have been martyred for their faith it
has been recorded that many of them also quoted the same words as Jesus. Let
us not wait until death to place our lives into His hands. Let us do so
now.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Nannie R.; Shonda
Hutson; and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist
Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org