After a night of waiting and a lot of pleading, Soo was finally able to convince them to let me go out in a little van around the lot to call out for the dog.
They assured me people were looking for the dog, so we didn’t need to go. But we wanted to find our dog and felt we were best equipped to find her.
We went thru security and we got into this van, I opened the windows and screamed out for puppy as we went around the perimiter of the airport.
It was hard to tell if she would be able to hear me, and hard to look from a distance and while traveling.
One thing I noticed however was the lack of people looking for the dog. It didn’t look as if anyone was looking for the dog. There were a number of people outside, but none looking around for a dog.
When we finished the search, I mentioned this to them.
“How many people are looking for the dog.”
“Oh, so many people.”
“It doesn’t look like there is anyone looking for the dog.”
“No, everyone is looking for the dog.”
“There are people looking around for her, calling her name?”
“Oh no, but everyone knows there is a small black dog lost.”
What use does this do?
I got angry and animated.
And I tried to express that knowing a dog is lost does nothing to help find the lost dog.
Of course if someone sees a dog on an airport runway they will notify someone.
The thing is, if she was that easy to spot, we would have had already.
She must be hiding.
And if she is hiding, she won’t be found simply by accident. Someone needs to go look for her.
Perhaps you will eventually stumble upon her or she will come out- but we could find her much more quickly if someone was looking.
In fact, she might be right next to you, but if you’re not looking for her, you can’t find her.
It reminded me of the lost around us.
We may expect them to come to Church.
We may expect them to make the first move.
If they want to find God, they can.
We put up posters around campus, a billboard in front of our church, and we expect people to come.
No.
They need to be searched out.
Jesus didn’t come simply to find lost. He came to SEEK and to SAVE the lost.
We need to seek them. We need to go out of our way to find them and bring them into the fold.
The Shepherd leaves the 99 to find the one to bring it back in the flock.
The woman searches diligently to find the lost coin.
We need to do likewise.
If we would do so for 1 sheep, for 1 coin, for a missing dog that we could easily replace. If we would take time looking for a remote control, throwing all the couch cusions everywhere. IF we would get down on all-four to find a contact or a missing road from settlers of catan – can’t we put forth some effort to seek out the lost?
How do we do this?
It is more than a flier or an invitation.
At the very least it is a conversation- but even that is just the bare minimum.
We need to go where they are, we need to enter into their world. We need to first be involved in their activities.
We need to be able to talk about things they enjoy.
We need to think thru ways we can serve them… maybe buying something for them or making them a meal or inviting them over for a meal or party or something.
We need to show love.
We need to take the initiative.
It’s not just about finding the lost, but going out to seek and save the lost.
How can you go and seek out for the lost?
Are you willing to leave your comfortable spot and search for the lost?
Are you willing to put some effort into finding the lost?
Are you willing to leave your own little world in order to enter into the world of people around you?
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