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Lost, Found, Joy - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2024

Lost, Found, Joy details logo    Our Daily Bread - Sunday, January 23, 2023
  by RBC Ministries
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Lost, Found, Joy

Bible in a Year: Exodus 7-8, Matthew 15:1-20

Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.
Luke 15:6

Today's Scripture & Insight: Luke 15:1-10

"They call me ‘the ringmaster.' So far this year I've found 167 lost rings."

During a walk on the beach with my wife, Cari, we struck up a conversation with an older man who was using a metal detector to scan an area just below the surf line. "Sometimes rings have names on them," he explained, "and I love seeing their owners' faces when I return them. I post online and check to see if anyone contacted lost and found. I've found rings missing for years." When we mentioned that I enjoy metal detecting as well but didn't do it frequently, his parting words were, "You never know unless you go!"

We find another kind of "search and rescue" in Luke 15. Jesus was criticized for caring about people who were far from God (vv. 1-2). In reply, He told three stories about things that were lost and then found—a sheep, a coin, and a son. The man who finds the lost sheep "joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me' " (vv. 5-6). All the stories are ultimately about finding lost people for Christ, and the joy that comes as they're found in Him.

Jesus came "to seek and to save the lost" (19:10), and He calls us to follow Him in loving people back to God (see Matthew 28:19). The joy of seeing others turn to Him awaits. We'll never know unless we go.

By: James Banks

Reflect & Pray
What joy have you seen when people turn to God? How will you point others to Jesus' love today?

Thank You, Jesus, for finding and loving me! Please send me in Your joy to another who needs You today.
Lost, Found, Joy





 

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