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Seeking

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Jesus came to "seek and to save that which was lost."

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He both sought and saved. Unless He did both of these, He was a failure. But He did succeed. All humanity is found within the set of "that which was lost." Therefore, all are saved, else, to repeat myself, He failed in His mission of seeking and saving.

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On the other hand, the enemy goes about "seeking whom he may devour. Like an old, toothless lion, he roars about, seeking the weakest among us whom he hopes to devour. But, sister, brother, the verse has no second phrase. There is no seeking and devouring, no seeking and finding, no assuaging of his vast hunger for souls. He is a deaf and blind predator. His prey escapes him easily for his joints are arthritic, cannot track, much less catch, those whom he seeks. Though the sound of his roar echoes through the jungle of this world, none need fear; he is a defeated, harmless foe.

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We worship a victorious Lion—the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Lamb of God, the One who claims as His victims, His honored ones, the whole of humanity. To the praise of His glory!

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2/19/24

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