Where To Look When I Am Lost
Monday July 29, 2019
Jesus was often challenged by the self-righteous actions of some of the religious leaders who saw themselves as guardians of God’s law. He did not approve of their religious pride or their blindness to the needs of ordinary citizens and sinners.
Jesus told people a story – a parable – to help them understand why He was sent into the world. Jesus said that if a man owned a hundred sheep and one of them wandered from the flock, the owner would leave the ninety-nine in the field and go and search for the one sheep that was lost. When the sheep was found the man would rejoice with his friends and neighbours.
Then Jesus made a connection between the sheep and us: In the same way, I tell you, heaven is a happy place when one sinner decides to change. There is more joy for that one sinner than for 99 good people who don’t need to change. (Luke 15:7 ERV)
We are like the lost sheep who wandered away from our Heavenly Father. The religious leaders saw themselves as the 99 good people who did not need to change. Some of us are like them. We look on and judge what Jesus has done for us but fail to acknowledge that Jesus is our only way back to God. By acceptance of Jesus’ death and resurrection we can be free from sin and adopted into God’s family. Today, if we choose to turn our will and our life over to God’s care, heaven will be a happy place.
Here is what Christ wants us to beg you to do. Come back to God! Christ didn’t have any sin. But God made him become sin for us. So we can be made right with God because of what Christ has done for us. (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 NIRV)
Prayer: Loving God, I have wandered and know I am lost without You. I accept what Jesus did to restore me into Your family. Help me to stay close and follow You in all my ways. Amen
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