Lost in the Crowd

Have you ever been lost in the crowd of people? Maybe in a city or even in a crowd of traffic. I remember I was in Dallas with my 2 daughters. One was about 5 and the other was still in a stroller. We were walking around Dallas and went to see the grassy Knoll. There was so many people so we decided to go inside the former Texas School Book Depository and go on the tour. I remember getting up to the area where Harvey Oswald made that shot. As I was looking around my daughter got away from me and she was lost in the crowd of people walking around looking at the history on the walls. I remember the feeling of not knowing where my child was at. I asked my sister and brother-in-law to hold the stroller with my other daughter. As a Dad, it was the worst feeling as I was looking all over the place for her. I remember finding a police officer and shared my daughter was lost. The officer started to help me look for her. I was rushing through that place like a mad man looking for her. As I turned a corner I spotted her looking around with tears in her eyes. I called out her name and she looked up and saw me and she ran as fat has her to little legs would go. When she made it to me, she leaped in my arms and held on with dear life. I can always remember having that feeling of a lost child and the feeling of having her back in arms. Later that day, I thought this is how Christ must feel when his child is lost. The only difference is, he knows where we are at. We just need to realize we are lost and run back to him.
In a book I was reading by Rick Warren he observed, “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.” You see for some reason my daughter let go of my hand and followed the crowd and not her Father. This caused her to get lost in the crowd. You see as adults we know these words to be true as adults, but we fail to live by them. Instead of trusting our Father we let go and try to do it on our own or follow the crowd. When we do this, we will suffer the consequences, maybe not at that time but in time we will.
Who will you try to please today; your God or your friends? Your obligation is most certainly not to your neighbors, friends or even family members. Your obligation is to an all knowing, all powerful God.
The Fear of man is a snare, but the one who trust in the lord is protected. Proverbs 29:25