294. Seek and Deliver
Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
It was a cloudy and dark day when all of us human beings have been scattered; we have been severed from a unified connection with the Lord and the children in His family.We have been scattered from each other as well as from God the Person. The scattering has left us alone, isolated, alienated and lost, We have throughout history been seeking a place to belong, a group in which we can feel accepted, and just a connection to something safe and secure,
The Bad News is that it is the Lord who has done the scattering and separating. God said to each of us, “In the day that you eat of it you will surely die.” But we disobeyed and ate, since we think we know better than God; therefore, we began to die along with everything in God’s Very Good Creation. Death was not a part of the universe until I sinned, in Adam. Therefore, it happened just as the Lord God warned: “Dying, you will die.” God always keeps His Word. Death is a separation and a scattering. Now each of us lives with the consequence of our freely chosen and willful rebellion. God did the scattering, but we have only ourselves to blame. The Lord only did what He said He would do; as He always must.
In the midst of our lost, scattered and hopeless human condition the Lord brings us Good News: He Himself will seek us out and deliver us. And so God keeps His promise, just as He keeps His threats and warnings: He sent His Son to seek and save the lost and deliver them from their emptiness and loneliness. We believe God’s promise and we are saved. There is no more death, no more separation, no more scatteredness, and no more meaningless lostness. The cloudy and dark day has become sunshine and bright glory. We are back with God where we belong.
Believe the promise: “He is among His sheep that are scattered.” When we feel scattered and fragmented we may just say, “Baa, here I am! Save me!” He will. He is right there, looking for you.