Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Lost at Christmas - #8420

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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It was one of those amazing news stories that seem to happen every Christmas. A little four-year old Amish girl was thrown from this buggy that was racing out of control because the horse had spooked as her parents were loading her into it. That night, in spite of the efforts of many searchers, she spent the night outside in these freezing temperatures. By morning, a small army of volunteers was searching frantically for little Hannah. Finally, one woman on her way to work decided to stop for a few minutes and search an area she passed every day, and that’s where she found little Hannah all huddled up in a ball, very cold, but alive. The doctor said it was unexplainable she could survive ten hours in frigid temperatures that the searchers could barely handle. They called it “a Christmas miracle.”

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I found that story very moving on two levels. Of course, the intense search and the amazing rescue, but secondly, the reminder of the mission that every one of us who knows Jesus has been given by Him—the mission for which He came, for which He died. “The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Luke 19:10 ). They had to go out looking for that little girl for her to be saved.

We can’t just wait for spiritually lost people to come to us. God’s calling us to mobilize every believer to seek the lost. Let’s make it the passion of our small group, our youth group, our class, our men’s or women’s group, our church to not just sit by the fireplace with those who are already in, but to go out into the cold to rescue the dying before it is too late!

This radio program references: Luke 19:10