Memory Verse: “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” 1 Peter 5:7
From time to time we have had stories about different things that have been lost. These stories have been used to remind our readers that they are “lost” in their sins and need to be “found” by the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. If you have not yet believed in Jesus, the Son of God, you need to know that He loves you and He is seeking you. “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10.
This story about lost glasses is for boys and girls who have already believed on the Lord Jesus and received Him as their own Saviour. It shows how our loving God and Father cares about every little thing that touches our lives from day to day. Our Father cares about even our glasses, our clothes, our food and everything that happens in our lives.
When Stephen was in the sixth grade, he came home from school one day without his glasses. He hadn’t had them very long.
His parents were upset when he told them, “I have lost my glasses.” Their concern was not only because Stephen needed his glasses to be able to see, but also because of the cost of replacing them. So Stephen and his father set out to search for them.
They retraced his steps from home back to school. The janitor was very kind to let them back into the school building after hours.
First they went to his last class, then his homeroom, and finally to his locker, but they did not find the glasses. It seemed rather hopeless. Since Stephen had already accepted the Lord Jesus as his Saviour, his parents suggested that they pray about the lost glasses and trust God to help them find them.
In their family prayer time that evening and again the next morning they asked God to help with this serious problem. In their prayers they mentioned that they knew that God could control the actions of the people needed to help find the glasses. They believed the Word of God that says, “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” 1 Peter 5:7. There are many verses in the Bible that teach us that God is for us and interested in every detail of our lives.
That very day, the day they prayed about finding the glasses, the school principal called Stephen’s home about mid-morning. He asked if Stephen had lost his glasses. He said that a lady had found a pair of glasses in front of her house. The principal had gone to her house, picked up the glasses, and then called Stephen’s house. When he found that Stephen had, in fact, lost his glasses he said, “I think the glasses the lady found are Stephen’s.” And sure enough they were!
The town where they lived was large, and the school was large. Our loving God and Father did indeed control the actions and thoughts of a very kind lady and the principal in answer to their prayer.
Does God hear and answer children’s prayers? Indeed He does! He invites all to call on Him for salvation, and He delights to give His children “richly all things to enjoy.” 1 Timothy 6:17.
When boys and girls accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and receive forgiveness of their sins, they can then pray to God as their Father about everything that touches their lives. They can thank Him for the good things and ask His help for the problems.
ML-06/18/1989