He Found Me

He Found Me

I was sitting in my favorite nail salon with my favorite nail lady/friend discussing my upcoming mission trip. Suddenly she said, “God found you for this mission trip.” She is not originally from this country and sometimes has a little problem with English words but this really made me think. I had to agree. God did find me for this mission trip.

This is truer than I’ve ever thought before. It was an “aha” moment for me. Yes, God found me in saving me, “I once was lost but now I’m found…” But God also found me to follow Him, glorify Him, and to do His will. God did find me for this mission trip.

I never realized this in all the past mission trips, that God had picked me to go. God hand-selected this team coming from my church to go on this mission trip. We have been picked by God to do something that will have eternal value. This was not just a, “Hey, I think I’ll go on a mission trip. It’s convenient to my schedule.” It was not a random selection by God either. He didn’t say, “Hey I think I’ll let her go on a mission trip. After all, it is convenient to her schedule.” This selection by God was for a specific purpose we won’t even realize until we are back.

Wow, I am so honored that God put everything in my past to prepare me for this. But I need to look at every event in my future as a “God found me for this” moment.

In Luke 19, Jesus found Zacchaeus. Then He told everyone in verse 10: “For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.”

Jesus came – He came with a purpose. He fulfilled the purpose. He brought salvation.

Jesus seeks – He searches the hearts of mankind to give a resolution to our sin problem.

Jesus saves – He rescues. He delivers. He heals. He preserves.

Jesus found me for this.

He finds.

He delivers.

He then finds us for this mission of reaching the lost.