Oak Grove Baptist Church

From The Heart

Luke 2:44 “After three days, they found him in the temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.”

When was the last time you lost something? Was it your keys, billfold, glasses, purse, or a child? In this passage listed above is the account of Mary and Joseph realizing that Jesus was not with them in the caravan and began the task of searching for him. After three days, one day of searching among the caravan, one day of travelling back to Jerusalem and one day of searching the city of Jerusalem they find him in the temple listening and asking questions of the religious leaders.

I do not know about you, but when I lose something or misplace something my initial reaction is to have that empty feeling in my stomach as I begin to retrace my steps or try to remember where I last had the object. As the minutes and sometime hours pass, I tend to get upset with myself and blame myself for my inattention to detail. Promising myself that when I find the object, I will not do that again. Until it happens again.

There are people we know that like Jesus did not even know that they are lost. They go about their daily activities just as if nothing were wrong. Like Mary and Joseph, you know a person that you are burdened with who is lost. This may be the time as we start a new year to locate and share with the individual the message of Jesus that they might have the opportunity to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Pray that God blesses you this coming year.

Bro. Kyle