Lost & Found

Do you know where you are? At your computer or playing on your phone is the smart answer. But it isn't an answer to the question that we are really asking. Do you know where you are?

There is certainty and security borne out of the familiarity we experience from being able to answer that question. So supposing we were to ask you to jump on the 'life is a journey' bandwagon. On that journey, do you know where you are?

The whole 'life is a journey' thing is funny because it presumes a start and end point but those who use the phrase most often strike me as having least clue where they are going nor even how they are going to get there.

So let's presume that there is a beginning and an end and you are somewhere in between. Do you know where you are? Are you in the right place or best place or a good place? After all these are the things that preoccupy our everyday. These are the things that keep us awake at night... that make life seem like a fight... that make us second guess whether the choices we make are wrong or right.

Think for a moment about your eternity. Now you might argue that you are not sure if there is any such thing. There are few instances when people seem so able to find security in uncertainty as when it comes to eternity. But supposing you are wrong. Ponder for a moment the potential reality that the choices you make everyday might echo into eternity. Then consider the time line, the life path, the choice trajectory that you are on. When it comes to eternity... do you know where you are?

You see, we are all a little bit more lost than we think we are. We've all lost our way, list our bearings, experienced loss. So think for a moment what that might be telling us. What might our incoherence and indecisiveness be communicating to us.

What would it mean for you to be found? Who or what is it that you need to follow. Jesus told a story that is designed to help you find out where you are. It was about a lost sheep and a shepherd who held back nothing to pursue and find it. Do you realise that the sheep is someone like you and that it led to Easter? Are you ready to find out because Jesus is ready to find you. That's what we are thinking about this Easter weekend. Jesus tells us that ' the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'