For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10
My words…
Praise
Who is seeking whom here? I sometimes fall into the trap of thinking You are stationary. I do the searching, and when I find the right path which leads to Your throne, the game of hide and seek is over. Yay! I win! But the fact that You seek me – well, that changes everything. As C. S. Lewis expounds, “But God Himself, alive, pulling at the other end of the cord, perhaps approaching at an infinite speed, the hunter, king, husband – that is quite another matter.” What does that say about You? What kind of God would take it upon Himself to do the seeking? And then I think about the parents who search for their missing child for years, devoting all of their life savings, chasing down every lead in hopes of saving their precious loved one. Yet Your love is of a purer variety, perfect and limitless. And so You seek because when You seek, You save. So seek. Seek every day. Seek perfectly.
Prayer for others
The exciting thing about believing in You is learning more deeply how You work. You are never idle. You are always moving, always seeking to draw another soul to You. You don’t like separation. I pray for that soul You have been seeking for years and years. I pray that person will turn her eyes toward You because when she does, she will bump right into You.
More praise
If You didn’t love, You wouldn’t seek. But it’s not just that You love. You are Love. I can’t grasp it. I can’t explain it. I only know it’s true. It’s the hook on which I hang my belief (if it were a coat). I was sought by You – the hunter, king, husband – because You love me. There is no greater title that I can wear: One sought by God.
