Luke 15:8-10

“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Reflection:

In today’s passage, there is obvious sharing of joy and celebration from the woman in the passage who values all of her silver coins. We can also infer that things are on hold until the search and recovery is over and successful in finding the lost coin. This also shows true faithfulness and concern. Our Father also searches diligently and does not rest until He finds what is the most valuable to Him – us. Because we are valuable in the eyes of our Father, the search for the lost ones will go on, and for everyone that is ‘found’ we rejoice together with the angels in heaven.

Response:

Each of us has our own story of the relief and comfort that comes when we find anything that is valuable to us that we have once lost. We go through this experience even for the most mundane of things – how much more if we take part in God’s ‘search party’ to bring back souls to him? Let’s pray today for willing hearts to receive the Father’s heart to do whatever it takes in order to take an active part in His kingdom work.