Parables - Wisdom for LifeSample

In 1997, a devastating landslide occurred at the famous Australian ski field of Thredbo. A hotel collapsed in the landslide. After two days of searching for people in the wreckage, the rescue team made one last check of the site. The rescue team called out, “Can anyone hear us? Is anyone there?”

A little voice whispered back, “I can hear you.” This little whisper belonged to a man named Stuart. It took a whole day to rescue Stuart from below three huge concrete slabs. Stuart had been lying there in cold, melting snow for almost three full days. The rescuers worked hard to find Stuart and rescue him. When he was carried out of the wreckage still alive, people all over Australia who had been watching their televisions cried with happiness and cheered because a man who was lost had been found.

Without Jesus, we are all lost. We are like sheep going our own way, lost and apart from our shepherd. We are found in Christ. Through Jesus, we are no longer lost!

God does not give up when lost people need to be found. He loves every person so much that though they are lost from Him, He has rescued them. He calls them each by name until they are found. God searches after those who are lost from Him.