Little Girl Lost

We recently got the opportunity to share in a layered learning event over two days with the team from the Fist Baptist Church of Clovis. The Rev. Dr Tim Brown is the Senior Pastor of this church which has grown from around 40 to currently around 900 people attending. He is a great speaker and we learnt a lot from the time we spent together but I would like to share with you a story Tim told us.
" We love to go camping as a family, in case you dont know I am married with two young girls aged 9 and 5. This one time we went camping our youngest was about three. We set the tents up and I went to collect some wood to start the fire, my wife was setting up the sleeping bags and ensuring everything was solid for a cold night. When I returned I asked where the girls were, my wife said they were in their tent but when I went to look only our eldest daughter was there. We called out to Allison but there was no answer, we looked around the campsite feverishly but still no sign. We were on the side of a Mountain with a large stream not too far below us, we were starting to panic. We called the Park Ranger and he came with the local sherriff and started to organise a search party.
Now the sheriff said that before we could orgainse the search party we would need to set up a base for the operations so they started to erect this large marquee that they would work from. Then he said it was important that everyone was up to speed with the latest search techniques and protocols and so he handed out a manual and started to talk people through the book. They then decided it was getting dark and cold so they should build a bigger fire to keep them warm and comfortable.
While all this was going on I was yelling out my daughter is out there will someone start looking.
They then decided they needed to bring in beds for the searchers to sleep in when their shift had finished, so they started to erect this room with comfortable beds and cover for when the searchers returned. All the time the child was still lost.."

He went on with this for a bit longer but the real story was not about his lost daughter (in case you are worried this was not a real story !) this is what we as Churches and Christians do today we are so worried about making sure that we have every comfort available to us, that we have the latest sound equipment and the most comfortable chairs, that we forget what we are really called to do...... Go and find the lost ! Just as in the story above I am sure that at times God our father is watching us in frustration saying what are you doing my daughter is lost will someone just go and look for her !
When something of value is lost it becomes the focus of our attention, shouldnt we be investing in what matters most to God. God gets excited when lost people are found, shouldnt we be moved by what moves God. Jesus spent time with irreligious people because God is in the search and rescue business, so shouldnt we join God in this Search and Rescue Mission ?