The other day I posted on Facebook that I had lost my ipad. Let me begin at the top. I went to get my hair highlighted at a salon in a mall that is not convienent. It is an older mall to Houston and some would not go there even for a "free" haircut. I like this hair dresser, she has done my hair for years and does a good job.
I have not had much free time lately and made this appointment for her earliest slot at 11:00. As I was sitting at the last stage of my appointment, my husband called and said that a nurse had called him and my father-in-law needed attention. I immediately cut the appointment short and proceeded to pay. I often take my ipad to use during down and laid it down as I paid. I picked up my ipad and thought I'd get a sandwich before I headed out.
Again, as I paid and got a drink, I must have laid my ipad down and then I ran out to take care of my father-in-law. Hours later I could not find my ipad in the car but thought I must have taken it into the house. When my husband got home, we decided to go to dinner and I mentioned that I could not find my ipad. I immediately thought of an app I have on my iphone. It is called Find iphone. I have attached my ipad to it and decided to activate it. My husband said "It's at the mall." We proceeded to call the salon but you guessed it...they had closed.
I told my husband that it might be at the sandwich place so we proceeded to drive (out of the way) to the mall. When we arrived, I found two young men at the counter. One was engaged in conversation with a customer and the other shouted over the counter "We're closed." I activated my app and immediately a barely audible beep started. I kept hitting the app until the young man jumped off the counter and went to the back room. Through the door, I could see a set of lockers. He opened one locker then another. I assume the second one was his since he emptied it out. He removed a plastic bag exposing the ever familiar red cover to my ipad. I told my husband "I see it!" The young man pulled out the ipad and put it to his hear and I said "That's mine!" He looked up at me and saw my determination and handed the ipad to me over the counter.
We walked away with me telling my husband "I love that app." Can you imagine if I had not had it? Oh I might have gotten my ipad back but this was just so much easier. It didn't hurt that we ran into mall security and we knew the guy and he walked in talking to us and was standing there when the entire incident took place. It must have been intimidating, prompting the young man to "just hand it over."
When we left my husband said "That is just like God." Of course not understanding, I asked him to elaborate. He said "Sometimes, we get so lost we don't know where we are but God always knows where to find us."
That got me to thinking how many times we get lost. How many times does the enemy take us and hide us from God's word, God's work, Worship, and Fellowship making us think we are so lost and no one will ever find us let alone God.
Yet God has his own built in app. He always knows where we are. We are not lost in his eyes. Whether we are hidden under filth and sin or whether the enemy has hidden us because he wants to claim us as his own....Don't kid yourself God always knows where you are.
The enemy may try to "steal" you; he may try to claim you; he may try to convince himself that you are his but hear me when I say....you belong to the Lord. No one can take you from Him because he will always know where you are and who you belong to.
Fear not, I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. Isaiah 43:1
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