Lost and Found
You've Been Found — Stop Living in the Lost and Found
SCRIPTURE:
1 Peter 2:25 CSB - For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
OBSERVATION:
As a child, do you remember where you'd look for something you'd lost?
The lost and found.
Unfortunately, when you went there, you often found many things unclaimed—lost, it seems, forever. Yes, you could reclaim your lost treasure, but the others were not yours to recover. Not so with Jesus.
“You were…” Past tense. We don’t have to be lost anymore. We’ve been found—Jesus' long-lost treasure—redeemed by the Good Shepherd Himself.
So why stay lost?
Many wander like sheep, led astray by:
Sheep stray when they think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. But what brings us back?
The Shepherd. The Overseer of our souls.
And who better to oversee our lives than Jesus?
He said:
John 10:11, 14-15 CSB - "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ... "I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, "just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
He cares so deeply for us that He laid down His life—even before we realized we were lost.
He is the Good Shepherd.
APPLICATION:
Are you lost today? Or are you found, yet still living in the lost-and-found?
Hear the voice of Jesus calling. He laid down His life so that when you wander—or when you're just flat-out lost—you can be found again.
Let Him be your Shepherd—the One who knows what’s best for you. Let Him oversee what concerns you. Stay in the fold. Don’t wander. And when you do, listen for His voice. Don’t linger in the lost and found.
PRAYER:
Jesus, help me listen to Your voice. When I am prone to wander toward “greener pastures,” lead me instead along paths of truth and righteousness. Thank You for being the Good Shepherd. Please oversee the matters that concern me. When I stray, bring me back into the fold. May I know Your voice, recognize when You call, and respond with obedience and trust.
1 Peter 2:25 CSB - For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
OBSERVATION:
As a child, do you remember where you'd look for something you'd lost?
The lost and found.
Unfortunately, when you went there, you often found many things unclaimed—lost, it seems, forever. Yes, you could reclaim your lost treasure, but the others were not yours to recover. Not so with Jesus.
“You were…” Past tense. We don’t have to be lost anymore. We’ve been found—Jesus' long-lost treasure—redeemed by the Good Shepherd Himself.
So why stay lost?
Many wander like sheep, led astray by:
- Distractions
- Discouragement
- Discontentment
- Disobedience
Sheep stray when they think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. But what brings us back?
The Shepherd. The Overseer of our souls.
And who better to oversee our lives than Jesus?
He said:
John 10:11, 14-15 CSB - "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ... "I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, "just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
He cares so deeply for us that He laid down His life—even before we realized we were lost.
He is the Good Shepherd.
APPLICATION:
Are you lost today? Or are you found, yet still living in the lost-and-found?
Hear the voice of Jesus calling. He laid down His life so that when you wander—or when you're just flat-out lost—you can be found again.
Let Him be your Shepherd—the One who knows what’s best for you. Let Him oversee what concerns you. Stay in the fold. Don’t wander. And when you do, listen for His voice. Don’t linger in the lost and found.
PRAYER:
Jesus, help me listen to Your voice. When I am prone to wander toward “greener pastures,” lead me instead along paths of truth and righteousness. Thank You for being the Good Shepherd. Please oversee the matters that concern me. When I stray, bring me back into the fold. May I know Your voice, recognize when You call, and respond with obedience and trust.
Jesus didn't just open the door for you to find your way back — He laid down His life to bring you home, so stop wandering and stay close to the Shepherd who knows you by name.
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