Lost Keys

Don't you hate it when you lose something like your keys?  They are so important to your life's daily rhythm, when you don't have them you really notice, and it can be so frustrating.

A buddy of mine lost his keys today, and it immediately put some boundaries on his day:  schedules changed a bit as he needed to reorganize around this loss.  Thankfully we found them again, but it made me think--when we lose something important in life, it makes us stop and consider how our lives are running, or how they aren't. . . .

Jesus is always concerned about lost things. . .in fact His whole life on earth was based on addressing things that were lost.  Lost relationships; lost hopes; lost dreams; lost desires; lost possibilities; lost freedom and on and on.  At the end of the day, Jesus was here to find what was lost.

Just like my friend whose life became briefly readjusted because of something that was lost, Jesus' life also became oriented toward those possessions of His that had become lost--and He wanted them back, at any cost!

How does that make you feel?  What goes through your mind when you realize that Jesus' life became oriented toward you because of the fact that you had lost your way through sin, and your relationship with God was so important to Jesus that He was willing to live and die in order to 'make found' what was lost?

His love, life and passion were all directed toward YOU!

If you don't know Jesus, then think about this fact--that He was willing to have His whole life reoriented because something of His was lost.  Maybe that will change how you think about God, and His Son Jesus.

And if you are one who has been found by Him, but maybe you are living with a feeling of distance from Him, then maybe it's good for you to be reminded of the fact that you have been found because of His great love for you, and that that has never changed!

Losing something can be so frustrating.  But being found is wonderful!

Maybe it's a good day to just say 'thank you' to the One who has found you!

BT