Daily Devotion

“We thought we were searching for God, but when we looked back, we found that He had been searching for us all along. We ran, got lost, and took detours until we were exhausted; and at that moment, grace whispered: ‘Child, you have always been in my arms.’”

Augustine · Confessions

Scripture

Luke 19:10 “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Reflection

We often think that we are the ones seeking God: turning back in our busyness, praying when weary, and calling upon Him when lost. But Jesus clearly tells us, "The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." It turns out that before we even realized it, He was already on the path, actively seeking and patiently waiting. True repentance is not that we finally find God, but that we acknowledge—all along, God has not abandoned us.