Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation   Scripture Reading: Matthew 18:11 For the Son of Man has come to save the lost.   Devotional Reading: How do you get lost? How does lost-ness happen? I’ve been lost in more cities and countries than I can count, and I can tell you—I never intend to become lost. It’s not planned. A friend of mine tells the story of getting lost in department store. She was in the fabric department, and going from aisle to aisle. When she looked up, she could not find her way back out. She didn’t intend to get lost, but she did. Sometimes we get lost through carelessness. We just wander away, not considering the consequences. We see something that looks attractive, and we gravitate toward it. Then we wake up, look around, and say, “Where am I? How did I get here?” C. S. Lewis illustrates this in The Screwtape Letters, when experienced tempter Wormwood tells his young nephew Screwtape that a gradual approach is best to lure a Christian away from obedience. “No crises,” he tells Screwtape. “Keep everything calm and placid. The best and surest way to Hell is a quiet, steady slope.” Are you lost? Are you far from God because of heedlessness or thoughtlessness or drifting? If you are, the Holy Spirit is calling you to come home. And God knows just where you are. Cry out, and He will come to you and bring you home again. So many are lost today in a world which continues to throw influence and even religion in their direction... Religion has never saved anyone, only faith in Jesus Christ can set you free! Keep the Son in your Eyes Pastor Ben J Lahay Phil 1:21