“Always Looking for Something Lost…”
God is concerned about every aspect of our lives. He is concerned when we lose someone we love, or something that we need. In Luke 15:5-10 you’ll find the story of the little woman who “lost her coin” and swept her house until she found it. I have read this story so many times, but it just occurred to me that the Lord, I believe, “helped her find her lost coin!”
In Luke 15:4, we are told the story of the “lost sheep,” and how the shepherd diligently searched for it. I believe the Lord helped him to find it! In Luke 15:32, we see a father with two sons… one stayed home, and one got his fortune and “took off.” The father did not know where his son was, but the Lord did. I believe the Lord led the boy back home to his father.
In 1 Samuel 9:1-20, we see Saul searching for his father’s mules before he was made king! The prophet of God told him where the mules would be, and again, the Lord found the “lost mules!” I really believe that the Lord is concerned with anyone, anything that is lost, including things that mean a lot to us.
I recently lost my Driver’s License and two credit cards! You cannot believe how much I searched every pocketbook, every drawer, every place that these small items could be! Time went by and I kept thinking, “I must have thrown them in the big garbage bag” (like a giant Hefty Garbage Bag). I forced myself to come to one conclusion… get some masks and gloves and spread all the garbage out on a big old sheet and dig through every piece by hand! I kept dreading this, and I hate the smell of garbage. I walked into the kitchen to prepare to drag out the two huge garbage bags and spread everything on the old sheet, piece by piece! While contemplating this, I saw on the countertop a couple of business cards from miscellaneous places. (I always collect these and keep them in a book.) When I reached toward the business cards, there were other “things under the pile…” my Driver’s License and two credit cards! God knew where they were all the time!! I had been thinking and praying to Him for this!
God is concerned about anyone or anything that is “lost.”
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” (Matthew 7:7)
I have never written a morning scripture like this before, but this is a message that I felt led of the Lord to give. It is definitely for someone who has lost something important in their life, or maybe you have lost “someone,” like a child. “God’s job is to find the something you have lost!” Have a great day!
Sherry