Lost Things

Luke 15

Triune God,

Recently, someone showed me Your Holy Trinity in the Gospels. Since then, I have meditated and pondered upon Your reality as Holy Trinity.

Jesus, in Luke 15 You described three lost things: a lost sheep, a lost coin, and a lost son.  In each vignette, someone is seeking to find the lost thing. The Seeker is a picture of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Jesus, You are the Good Shepherd seeking the lost sheep. The Son of God becomes the Good Shepherd who protects the flock and considers the worth of one sheep. Your compassion is so deep, consistent, and generous that once You have ensured the safety of the flock, You pursue the one lost sheep. Your sacrificial love overwhelms me with Your generosity, care, and concern.  Thank You.

Holy Spirit, You are the light of the lamp seeking the lost coin. The tender sentiment of the lost coin, the dowry of marriage, reminds me that the Holy Spirit seals and solemnizes holy marriage before the courts of heaven.  You bear witness and seek to bind two hearts and lives together in holiness, anticipating the day when Jesus, the Groom, weds the Church, His Bride. Every marriage union is Your attempt to recover something that was lost in the Fall, in hopes of ultimate recovery in heaven's bliss.

Heavenly Father, You are the loving Father seeking the return of the prodigal son. Your heart aches when we rebel. You seek us daily, moment by moment. You pursue us. You convict us. You call us. You draw us. You win our rebellious, recalcitrant hearts with Your pursuit of us. You see worth in the worthless. You see hope of identity in You when we have scarred ourselves in identifying with the broken world around us. Mired in filth, destroyed in despair, stinking of sin, You call us to come home. You call us to Yourself.

Thank You, Holy Trinity, for Your self-giving, inexhaustible love, that never wearies of looking for lost things. Thank You for seeking to find and save lost people. You found me. Help me to see lost people as You do, really lost and worth finding. Give me a sense of urgency to find and rescue the lost.

In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Amen.