Today's Daily Bread
Recently, I couldn’t find my credit card. I began frantically
looking for it because losing a credit card is no small thing. Automatic
payments and daily purchases would all be disrupted until it could be
replaced. Not to mention the possibility of someone finding it and
charging items to our account. What a relief it was when my wife found
it on the floor under the computer table.
In Luke 15:8-10, Christ told the story of something that was lost—a
valuable coin, which was equivalent to a day’s wages. The woman who lost
the coin was so concerned about locating it that she lit a lamp, swept
the house, and carefully searched until she found it. Then she told her
friends “Rejoice with me, for I have found the [coin] which I lost!”
(v.9). Then Jesus gave the point of the story: “Likewise, I say to you,
there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who
repents” (v.10).
People are of great value to God. Those who don’t know Him are lost
in their sins. Christ paid the ultimate price by dying on the cross for
their redemption. Do you know people who are lost? Ask the Lord to give
you an opportunity to share the good news with them so they can repent
of their sins and be found by our gracious God.
The Lord has come to seek and save
A world that is lost in sin;
And everyone who comes to Him
Will be restored and changed within. —Sper
A world that is lost in sin;
And everyone who comes to Him
Will be restored and changed within. —Sper
To be found, you must first admit that you’re lost.
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