WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2010
“REMEMBERING THE LOST”
BY
STEVE ARTERBURN
Bible Reading: Luke 15:1-7
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
As time goes by in our recovery we may find that some of our friends look down on us for attending meetings with "addicts and sinners." We may hear complaints about associating with this "kind of people." Or we may find that we forget about those who are still lost in the wilderness of addiction.
"Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them! So Jesus told them this story: ‘If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep." In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!' " (Luke 15:1-7).
God doesn't see people as either despicable or good. He sees them all as precious, whether they are lost or found. Now that we have been found, we must not forget those who are still lost.
God loves us so much that he seeks each one of us out and rejoices when we are found.
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