Some years ago a group of Christians was holding open-air meetings on the boardwalk at South Beach, Staten Island, in the city of New York. It was a Sunday afternoon in the middle of the summer season, and the boardwalk was crowded with people.
A tall man began to preach the gospel. He pointed to a fenced-in area near where the meeting was being held and called attention to a sign on the fence which read, “FOR LOST CHILDREN.”
The preacher, who had six lively children of his own, told the crowd that he had carefully shown this enclosed area to his children and read them what the sign said. Then he explained to them that if they ever got lost in the crowd on the boardwalk, they were to look for the enclosed area with that sign and wait in it for Dad and Mom who would look for them there.
It is frightening to be lost, but to admit that you are a lost sinner is a good thing, for the Bible tells us, “The Son of Man [Jesus] is come to seek and to save what which was lost” (Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)). The Lord Jesus left heaven above to come here to seek and to save those who are lost in sin. He died on the cross and shed His precious blood to save us and bring us to God. Have you ever admitted to God that you are lost and want to be saved?
ML-02/24/2019