Wandering Heart: Jesus Sought Me

Our Lenten worship theme is: “Wandering Heart: Figuring Out Faith with
Peter”. The series theme started off on Ash Wednesday, with the theme “Tune My Heart”. And this week, we focus on “JESUS SOUGHT ME.” Jesus Sought Me is found in the lyrics of verse two of the hymn “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.”

Here I raise my Ebenezer, hither by thy help I’m come
And I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home,
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God,
he to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood.

Directly from the authors of this series, through Sanctified Art, they agree that: Peter did not exactly make a good first impression when Jesus got into his boat (Luke 5:1-11). Peter questioned dropping his nets, as they had not caught any fish all night. Peter was oblivious to who Christ was for quite some time, and once he realized the Divinity standing in his boat, he quickly deemed himself unworthy. And even still, Jesus called Peter a disciple and a friend. Church family, hear and believe this good news: You can make a thousand bad impressions. You can make every mistake in the book, roll your eyes, and assume you know better. And even still, Christ will forgive you, claim you, and continue to seek your heart. That is the good news of the gospel. Rest, celebrate, and trust in that.

Pastor Ivy