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July 6, 2018

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.

New International Version (NIV)

Have you ever lost anything valuable? Someone shared with me that they pulled up the base-boards in an older home they bought. Lying behind one of the boards was a beautiful ring. They contacted the previous owners and asked if they had lost a ring. The previous owner wept and asked where they had found it. He had hidden it there for safe-keeping and forgotten. He thanked the new owners profusely.

We all lose things. Mostly, I lose keys or reading glasses these days. Jesus told three lost and found stories in this chapter. A man with a hundred sheep lost one, left the ninety-nine and went and found it. Second, a woman lost a coin and found it when she swept. Finally, a man lost his younger son to wild living. But when the son returned home, the father forgave him and treated him not as a servant but as a son. In all three stories the finders rejoiced greatly.

All of us are in God’s lost and found. Do we want to be found? God wants to find us. When he does, be sure to thank him!

Pray with me:

Father, we thank you for finding a way to find us. We were not sheep that wandered away or a coin that fell in a crack. No. We were sons and daughters who willfully claimed our inheritance and ran from you. But now in the misery of our independence, we return to you asking you to take us back. Thank you for being more willing to receive us than we are to ask for help. We need you today. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

This year we focus our Every Day with Jesus readings on Jesus’ story. With references to Tallowood's Read Through the Bible in 2018 daily reading plan, let's focus our undivided attention on Jesus and follow where he lead. He will not fail. Neither will we!
Joyfully,
Duane

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