The lost child (2) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and he heard my voice.

In the day when I cried out, you answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.
Psalm 18:6; 138:3.

The lost child (2)
The unwanted colporteur is on his way to the next village. Meanwhile he kneels down in the snow to pray urgently for the missing baby. Suddenly he hears a baby crying. The sound seems to come from a disused well. Xi is shocked to find a tiny child wrapped in a blanket but blue with cold. It is the stolen baby, a little girl. She had been thrown away, because the people in the town would buy only boys. Keeping the baby warm in his arms, the colporteur runs back to the village.

In amazement the villagers accompany the man to the hut of the relieved parents, "Who is the God you prayed to, and who answered your prayer so quickly?" the father asks.

"The God to whom I prayed came to earth 2,000 years ago as a small child. The great God, the Creator of heaven and earth, the infinite, omnipotent God, wanted to come to us to free us from the power of the devil who wants to bring us to eternal perdition. That God wants to make us happy in His presence for ever. Death is not the end of existence; there is no reincarnation on earth, only the resurrection for the life beyond. God loved us so much that He gave His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him has everlasting life."

That night the parents found faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

(concluded)

Today's reading: Job 1:1-12 · Acts 5:1-11