If you read yesterday’s entry, you would know that Erica and I lost one of her arrows from her bow and arrow set. It was a small arrow, and we have a huge lawn, and it was getting on to dusk at our place, making the arrow hard to find. We eventually gave up for the night, but I told her that we would go back and look for it the next day.
Well, the next day, as I said, I was out looking for this arrow. I was out looking for it at least 3 times. I would walk up and down my lawn, head down, making small steps, looking for this arrow.
Come to find out, Beth and the girls also looked for this arrow before they went to school. No luck.
After the kids came home Erica and I were back outside looking, again, for the arrow. Eventually, the lost arrow was found. (We had walked past it several times; but it had dug in deep…. at least that’s my excuse.)
Why did we spend so much time looking for this arrow? Because it was lost.
Reminds me of Jesus.
Actually, what Jesus did for us. Jesus gave us His mission statement in Luke 19:10: “For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
This leads us to ask— and answer— a question or two.
First of all, Who/what was lost?
Answer: We are/were. Lost in every area of life. Spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally.
Sin has clouded our hearts and our heads. Only Jesus has the power to find and replace, heal and restore, what- who- was lost. Us.
The Son of Man— a title Jesus reserved for Himself--came to this earth because we were/are lost.
He left heaven to come into the earth He created to find us and bring us back to God.
Why?
Because He loves us. In what is probably the most well known Bible verse in the world, we read these words: “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.”
Our God gives because our God loves! He gives us the best Gift ever. A personal relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ.
All of us are like my daughters arrow. Lost. That is why Jesus came to this earth, to bring you and me back to God.
have you been found by Jesus? If not, it’s as Simple— and as difficult as A-B-C
Admit you are a sinner
Believe that Jesus is the way to God
Confess your need for a Saviour and invite Jesus inside your life.
If you have been found, who are you inviting on this Journey with Jesus?
Just as I had all my girls out looking for the lost arrow, we need to be involved in helping to find people who are lost.
I was thankful when I found the arrow. I’m even more thankful that Jesus found me. You will be too, when Jesus finds you.
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