Oct 24, 2022
According to an article in The
New Yorker by Tim Lu we've entered an age of
Never-Lost Land, "where no one and nothing gets lost." Lu
writes, "Thanks to G.P.S, Bluetooth, and the Internet, it is,
day by day, becoming harder both to become lost and to lose
things." Sure, it's a relief, Lu argues, but have we
lost something in the process of never losing anything."
Think about it for a moment. In today's world, we can know with
precision our physical location on planet earth. We can determine
with relative ease, the location of our keys, car, cell phone and
family members. Yet all the while feel totally and completely lost
when it comes to life.
Lu ends the article by saying, "It is something of the
paradox of technological progress that, in our efforts to become
invulnerable, we usually gain new, unexpected vulnerabilities,
leaving us in vaguely the same condition after all."
It is truly fascinating that in all of our progress with
technology, medicine, science, and sophistication we find ourselves
culturally dealing with the same age old problems of: purpose,
meaning, brokenness, value, and lostness.
The
good news continues to rest in the comforting stories of Jesus as
found in Luke 15. There we learn that God not only cares about
people who are lost, but will spare no expense in bringing them
home. When they are home, he adopts them into his family...giving
them purpose, meaning and life.
Maybe most importantly, when lost people are found a party is
thrown to celebrate with joy. Think about that for a moment. The
culture of Heaven is wired to party when a lost person comes
home!
Here are a few questions I want you to answer:
Give a listen to this sermon as we use Scripture to answer those questions and learn how we can be people who have a heart like our Heavenly Father.