Sought: February 12, 2013

TODAYS WORD FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2013.

SOUGHT

DEFINITION:

Go in search or quest of; attempt to discover or obtain.

SCRIPTURE:

"And they shall be called the Holy people, the redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called sought out, a city not forsaken." Isaiah 62:12

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

In the wonderful grace of God it is seen very clearly that we were not only sought by God but sought out. There is a difference between seeking something with little value and seeking out something with great value. We constantly look for things in the house that we have misplaced or lost. Usually, the item is not of great value and is something that could be easily replaced.  While we search for this kind of item we usually are not too concerned. The loss of the item will not have a life-changing effect.

When the item is very valuable our searching is more intense and we go to no ends of trouble and effort in seeking out the item. It is this kind of seeking out that God has done for us. We were lost but because of God’s great love for us as one of His own children. God seeks us out. Just as we would seek for a valuable treasure we had lost.

Before we knew Christ we were lost. We were wandering in the darkness of our sins and wallowing in the filth of our wickedness. In God's sight we were like a precious piece of gold that had fallen into a sewer. Gold is precious but we are more precious to God than gold, and therefore we are sought by Him. In His mercy He came to us while we were wandering and lost in sin to bring us the good news of the gospel. We were lost sheep, desperately lost, as though we had wandered into another country. We might think we are so lost it would be impossible for the good Shepherd to find us in our wanderings.

By the power of God's unspeakable grace, He found us and sought us out to be one of His children. God never relinquishes His search until the "chosen" are sought out effectively. As believers, we are not sought out today and cast away tomorrow.

It is only because of the matchless mercy and grace of God our Father that He would even to be willing to seek us out. That He really does is really beyond our human understanding. Not only has God sought us out but He gave His Son to die for us and give us the greatest treasure of all ---- eternal life. When you think of what God has done to seek us out it should lift up your heart in wonder and you should praise the Lord daily that you were sought out.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in I Thessalonians 5:18.

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

PRAYER:

Thank You for seeking me out because I was lost in the depth of an ugly and sinful world. Thank You for the salvation You brought to me so that I could become one of Your children.