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First of all, I want to apologize.  My computer crashed and I have been trying to find a way to post something for the last few weeks.  I hope you missed me cause I sure missed you!



Found.



Ever been lost? I have. Of course, if you know me, you know that already cause the “Lutz” in me has no directional sense - none at all. But I’m not talking about knowing which way is north and which way is south. Or about the time I was on my way to West St. Paul and ended up crossing the Wisconsin border without even knowing it. I’m talking about being lost SPIRITUALLY.

Lost in sin. Lost in selfishness. No hope. No freedom.  It’s a type of blindness really.  Being blind to all that God has for me.  Blindness equals LOST. Unfortunately, “lostness” is sometimes hard to realize. The “world” welcomes it and actually promotes it. And in our “ignorance”, we don’t even know we’re lost. We walk around like zombies, not even realizing it.

One of my devotions for last week said it like this:

When you are blinded, you cannot see things as they really are, even though others around you see them clearly.  You cannot experience the full reality of all that is around you.  You may feel you are experiencing all that there is to life, yet you may be unaware that you are missing what God desires for you.  You may even be in danger because of your blindness and not know it.    (Experiencing God Day By Day – Blackaby)


Ephesians 4 explains it like this: 

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

 Are you lost? Or have you had periods of blindness?  I have.  It is not God’s Will for us to be lost.  We are His People, His.  He wants our eyes open and our hearts willing.  He wants us FOUND. 

Found in Him and free.  Not bound by blindness or despair, but found.  Isaiah tells us God’s Words in Chapter 42:

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known.  I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight.  These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.  (KJV)

So how does one get, “found”?  Or see for that matter?  How does one’s eyes open to all that God has in store and SEE it.  Isn’t Christ the Light of this world?  I am not trying to be trite here, but He is.  He is the Light of the world. 

Stop right now and think about that.  Its easier to stay lost.  Its easier to stay in the dark.  It is.  Its what we know - its where everyone else is.  The problem is its not where He is.  Jesus Christ, the Light of the World.  The fullness of Him who fills everything in every way (Ephesians). 

He can open our hearts to “see” our sin (and confess).  He can open our minds to understand His Word.  He can open our ears to listen to His voice.  He can give us a desire to know Him better.  Is that your desire?  To see?  To know Him better?  To live in His freedom?

To be found?  Me too. 

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