Wednesday... It is not a fun thing to be lost.

Wednesday... It is not a fun thing to be lost. No it isn't.

I remember an incident where I got lost as a young boy in a big department store. I know that somehow my parents found me, in a way I was saved from being lost. I know one thing. I didn't like being lost. I wanted to be saved and I was.

Over in Acts 16 (NLT) Paul and Silas were thrown into jail. Verse 24 says, "So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks." It sounds a little like our pandemic, doesn't it?

Verse 25 says, "Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening." So how have we been handling this that we have been going through? Listen, the other prisoners with us in this pandemic have been listening, watching, looking at how we are handling this. Have we been praying and singing hymns to God? But you might say, I can't do that at home, I have to be in a church. But Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God while they were in jail.

It is in the difficult times that people are watching and listening to see how God has made a difference in our lives.

Verses 26 - 28, "Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundation. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off. The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. But Paul shouted to him, 'Stop! Don't kill yourself! We are all here!'"

Verses 29 & 30, "The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and asked, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" What would have happened to this man if Paul and Silas had not been in jail or if they had been in their cell griping about the fact that they were prisoners instead of praying and singing hymns to God? God moves us to where He can show others that He makes a difference in people and where we can answer the questions people need to ask.

Where has God placed you? And how are you handling your situation?

Could it be that maybe we have lost our way and that we need to ask, "What must I do to be saved?"

By the way, verse 31 says, "They replied, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved." The world is lost and we are griping about the fact that we can't go to church and we have to wear masks that might save someone from getting this virus and maybe even to die from it.

So let's pray and sing to God wherever He has placed us. And let's, believe in the Lord Jesus and we too will be saved." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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