How The Lost Get Found!

The Ola Olutayo Mail.
Today 3rd Sept, 2013.

How The Lost Get Found!

The lost get found when I am found; for I was lost and now, I'm found.

The lost get found when I am not afraid to stand out, proclaiming The Gospel.

The lost get found when I remember how hopeless I was before now.

The lost get found when I speak up, instead of holding back and play it safe.

The lost get found when my heart of stone is transformed to that of flesh.

The lost get found when I hear the Spirit say, Go!

The lost get found when I pursue Self-sacrifice and not "me", "I" and "myself".

The lost get found when I realise that the Lord's hands and feet are nowhere else but here.

The lost get found when I bless those who curse and persecute me.

The lost get found when I get on my knees to pray for that
man,
woman,
boy,
girl.

The lost get found when I stand for Truth although against all odds I'm expected to lie.

The lost get found when I love my brothers and sisters to the awe of the unbeliever.

The lost get found when I step out into the realm of the unknown.

The lost get found when I realise that I am not just the "Called", I am also the "Sent".

The lost get found when I'm courageous enough to open up a path where others have turned back.

The lost get found when I do not put out the Spirit's fire within me; using the gift(s) entrusted to me.

The lost get found when I stand up to defend the defendless.

The lost get found when I give glory to God!

The lost get found when my life reflects what I proclaim.

The lost get found when I "help the Lord" seeing that he was
helpless;
hungry;
naked;
imprisoned;
sick;
thirsty;
and
lonely.

The lost get found when I call things that are not as though they were.

The lost get found when I love the Lord truly!

The lost get found when I stand out to be a law-abiding citizen.

The lost get found when I selflessly work towards the building up of the Church.

The lost get found when I simply have compassion on a people without shepherd.

The lost get found when I do not give up though the lost may want to remain lost.

The lost get found when I step on death's toes, snatching the lost from its mouth.

The lost get found when Satan cry, "I give up, you win!"

The lost get found when I pray that the Lord of the harvest send more labourers.

The lost get found when I turn from my wicked ways.

The lost get found when I am filled with the Holy Ghost!

The lost get found when I allow God break my heart for what breaks his own heart.

The lost get found when I realise that I owe God everything I own.

The lost get found when I consecrate myself for the Lord's use.

The lost get found when I defend the truth of The Gospel.

The lost get found when I do not repel them, but attract them with a lifestyle of love.

The lost get found when I realise that the lost is waiting for me, for together with all creation they yearn for the manifestation of the Sons of God!

I am the Heir of God!
I do not fight FOR victory!
I do not fight TO conquer!
I am MORE than that!
Instead,
I fight FROM the stand of a victor, FROM the position of a conqueror!
Therefore,
I do not fail!
The lost will I find,
and put him on my shoulder,
rejoicing as I head for the House of God,
entering His gates with thangsgiving and His court with praise,
proclaiming out loud,

"He was lost,
but now he is found!"

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In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost...
In the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents... Matthew 18:14 and Luke 15:17.