Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
LOVE WHEN YOU CAN’T LIKE
John 15:8-17
We may not be able always to agree, but if we keep the heart full of warm, tender love for others, we shall be able to see matters from another’s angle as well as our own. Lack of love shuts out sympathy, and shortens the vision, and loses the poise. And let’s remember that we can love even when we find it impossible to like. The soul of any man is lovable, though his ways may not be.
DO IT!
James 1:19-27
We know only what we experience. We cannot know the truth of God’s Word until we do it. The reason why some doubt the power of Jesus, both for personal victory and for helping others, is because they have stopped short of doing. Thinking religious thoughts and approving them is not enough. “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.” Only so can there be victory in the life, and power through the life with those whom we touch.
YOU CAN WILL TO LOVE
John 14:15-24
We have neither the disposition nor the power to obey our Lord until we love him first and most of all. His presence within gives power to overcome the opposition to his will. And love makes the heart more fit for his indwelling. When we know Jesus we love him. And love always delights in pleasing the one loved. If we have any trouble obeying, let’s get better acquainted with Jesus. He is always wooing us with loving-kindness.
FAILING GOD HINDERS HIS PLAN
Mat_4:17-22
How glad we are that Peter and Andrew obeyed Jesus when he spoke to them! There is somebody, yes, many, who will be grateful if we will but obey when Jesus speaks to us. Every failure to obey hurts God’s plan. It hurts his plan for us and through us. Sometimes he says, “Stay with the nets.” If so, be faithful. Sometimes he says, “Leave the nets,” and if so, let’s do it.
TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD
Isaiah 55:1-9
We don’t quite understand about the marvelous words of life. The mind seems stupid about spiritual things. But when we take God at his word, then such realities take place that the mind’s stupidity clears as a fog lifts before the sun’s shining. His ways are higher than our ways, but when we take him at his word, we are lifted up to the level of his ways. Then we know whom we have believed.