Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 19:10 (New Living Translation)

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.

Jesus, called the “Son of Man” here, came to earth to seek and save the lost. Consider the first action: Jesus came to seek the lost. Jesus sought the lost. Where ever He was, Jesus searched and searched until He found a lost person.

In Luke 18, Jesus searched until he found a blind person—the lowest of the low in that place. Then Jesus healed or saved the lowest of the low. In Luke 19, Jesus searched until he found a chief tax collector—the lowest of the low in that place. Then Jesus blessed or saved the lowest of the low.

Go to the grocery store. Walk up and down the aisles looking for the lowest of the low. That person? No, they have too much going for them. Over there, that person, that person is the lowest of the low in the grocery store today. Go to that person. Bless that person.

Well, uh, you see, maybe there is something else to this and uh, er, I can’t be expected to … Nope. That is what Jesus did over and over again. Jesus searched for the lost. He sought them. He blessed and saved them.

A wonderful savior is Jesus my Lord, a wonderful savior is he. Words from an old song that are true.