When you think of someone who is lost, how would you describe that person? I would describe the lost person as a sinner, someone who is rebellious and making wrong choices, and either doesn’t know about God or doesn’t want to know anything about God.
In Luke 15 there are three parables- the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son. I was challenged on my idea of what being lost means by this chapter. What do these three stories have in common? A coin or a sheep can’t make bad choices and choose to be rebellious. The prodigal son was rebellious, and he did knowingly make bad choices, so what does the son have in common with the coin and sheep?
Possibly, the reason these three stories of lostness are told together is to show us that our choices are not the measure for what makes us lost. The common thread that makes the coin, sheep, and son lost is because someone is missing them. The shepherd, the woman, and the son’s father are desperately missing them- THAT is what makes them lost. Our world is filled with lost people- and what makes them lost is not their ignorance or rebellion. What makes them lost is that our Father in heaven has a PLACE for them, and because they are not there, He is desperately missing them, and wants them in their rightful place.
This challenged me this week, and I pray it challenges you also to not only see lost people as Christ does, but to then also do something about it with the people who are lost in your community and workplace and neighborhood. God has a place for them.
-Meghan
Toronto Summer
In Luke 15 there are three parables- the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son. I was challenged on my idea of what being lost means by this chapter. What do these three stories have in common? A coin or a sheep can’t make bad choices and choose to be rebellious. The prodigal son was rebellious, and he did knowingly make bad choices, so what does the son have in common with the coin and sheep?
Possibly, the reason these three stories of lostness are told together is to show us that our choices are not the measure for what makes us lost. The common thread that makes the coin, sheep, and son lost is because someone is missing them. The shepherd, the woman, and the son’s father are desperately missing them- THAT is what makes them lost. Our world is filled with lost people- and what makes them lost is not their ignorance or rebellion. What makes them lost is that our Father in heaven has a PLACE for them, and because they are not there, He is desperately missing them, and wants them in their rightful place.
This challenged me this week, and I pray it challenges you also to not only see lost people as Christ does, but to then also do something about it with the people who are lost in your community and workplace and neighborhood. God has a place for them.
-Meghan
Toronto Summer