Lost in the Desert
Then
Brought to the Feast
Monday, May 15, 2023
It May Not Be Dry,
But It’s Bleak.
Bleak Winter Cold and Blah.
Or is it blessed peace?
Psalm 107:2-8
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress; he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town. Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
Matthew 8:11
I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven …
Words of Grace For Today
Getting lost is common enough and most often resolved easily, if one admits to being lost. Not all of us can be Daniel Boones who are never lost, just a might bit confused of one’s whereabouts.
But being lost, knowing it, and admitting it is the first step to getting help being found again, being set right, being led to the feast.
That’s why we start worship with confession of our sins, so that we know God leads us onward to the feast of life!
Those who would mock us for being lost, are most lost of all people. For they not only do not know they are lost, but they think that by mocking others they can make their own situation more secure. Such it is certainly not.
Each day is another day to be humble and ask God to save us from the dry deserts of our lives, from the smokey hours downwind from wildfires of evil, from the arrogance that would bring us to mock other’s being lost.
The feast after all is not for those who are never lost. The feast is a grand celebration of all those who were once lost, and now are found …
by great mercy
and love.