It's Right In Front Of You

Luke 15:8-10

 ⁸ "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? ⁹ And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' ¹⁰ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Yesterday our girls were playing with one of their favorite games and lost one of the game pieces.  They searched high and low for the lost game piece but could not find it anywhere.  They were so disappointed and sad.  How could they play without the lost piece?

As they sat down to play this morning, they really wanted to play with the game.  Our eldest daughter asked, "How can we find that piece when it's so small?"  Just as she was ending here sentence, our youngest daughter shouted, "We don't have to because it's right here!"  It was stuck on the outside of the game box.  Not in it, not under it, but right on top of it.  The cheers rang out from both of their little mouths.  Big sister hugged little sister and picked her up off of her feet.  A sad, disappointing morning quickly turned into a joyous celebration.  Yes, they started playing with the game right away.

In 2 Kings 5, Elisha heard that Naaman had come to Israel to be healed of leprosy.  Elisha sent a messenger to say to Naaman to go wash in the Jordan seven times and he would be cleansed and his flesh restored.  Naaman had put forth great effort to seek out his miracle and even traveled a great distance.  Can you imagine along the way what he might have been thinking?  This great, valiant warrior was used to the pomp and circumstance.  He expected Elisha to perform a great healing service with all the extravagance he was used to.  However, Elisha did not even meet him personally.  He sent a messenger to meet him.  This infuriated Naaman!  In Naaman's mind the prophet had given him this menial task that was not worthy for a man of his stature to do.  Thank God for Naaman's servants who had enough sense to figure out that Elisha must have possessed great authority and with this simple request a healing would take place.  Naaman submitted to Elisha's instructions and a great miracle occurred.  Naaman was healed of leprosy!  Can you imagine the celebration that ensued?  The picture of our little girls comes to mind.  A sad, disappointing day quickly turned to a joyous celebration!

Naaman's miracle was put right before him but he almost walked away from it.  What you really want and search everywhere for is sometimes found right in front of you.  Be careful not to walk away from your miracle.

Have a great day!  God bless you.

Louis & Elisa Quintana