One Friday evening my family and I drove to an inside shopping mall to walk around for some exercise. It was too cold outside to walk any farther than from the parking lot to the door of the mall. We all enjoyed walking inside together where it was warm. Then my sister Lisa and I decided to go a different way from where the rest of the family was headed. There were all kinds of interesting stores that we had not seen before.
Time passed and Lisa and I were having fun with our alone-time together. We even went into a tea store that had samples of different flavors of tea that we could taste in little paper cups. We weren’t aware of how much time was passing.
Meanwhile, the rest of our family, who had stayed together, began looking for us and could not find us anywhere in the mall. We were having too much fun to even think about what time it was. I guess we were lost, but we didn’t know it and weren’t worried about it either.
Have you ever been lost? It can be scary if you know you’re lost. However, there are children and grown-ups who are actually lost and don’t even know it! They are lost in their sins, and that will keep them out of heaven! A Bible verse explains this: “There is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:22-2322Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:22‑23)). God cannot have even one sin in heaven, so He has made a way for each of us to be cleansed from our sins: “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)). It’s a gift from God, but you must truthfully admit to Him that you know you are a lost sinner and want to accept His gift of being cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son. Don’t wander around any longer being lost in your sins. Settle the matter right now!
Lisa and I just went on wandering around in the large mall. Suddenly, we spotted our family, who when they saw us seemed quite relieved. We didn’t know it then, but they were thankful they finally found us! Lisa and I did admit that we were having such a good time together that we didn’t know we were lost. We were thankful they didn’t give up on us but continued looking until they found us. Our wandering around time was over.
Will you accept the Lord Jesus as your Savior and let Him wash you clean of your sins right now? Then you will happily be on the road to heaven when this life is over! And everybody wants that! “The Son of Man [Jesus] is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)). He is looking for you!
ML-06/03/2018