Lost and Found

Matthew 16:25 - "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."

Losing something generally means we no longer care about it. Things we hold dear we usually guard with the utmost care. Whose life are we guarding today? Are we a lifeguard for our old sinful life, or do we cherish the life of Christ within us? The old life will truly be lost if we do the latter. No longer will we try to reclaim it from the spiritual graveyard where we left it before our rebirth. Instead, we will forget the place of our burial, never to dig up the old man again. Lives clad with the grave clothes of self will now be robed in righteousness.

May what has become lost stay lost and what has been found in Christ remain in our hearts forever.