BASIC TEXT: Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light the lamp, and sweeps the house, and searches diligently until she finds it?
And finding her, she summons her friends and neighbors, saying: Rejoice with me, because I already found the lost drachma. Luke 15: 8,9
THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
In Jesus' time, when people became engaged, it was common for the bride and groom to give gifts to the bride as a form of alliance, that is, a commitment that they would get married, the bride received a headdress from the groom that contained ten drachmas, the drachmas were Greek silver coins that were worth a denarius, a day's wages for a worker, thus being a promise of a marriage, for a woman to lose a coin was shameful and embarrassing, for showing the lack of care with the present. When the woman wore that adornment, everyone knew she was engaged to someone.
LESSONS FOR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
The adornment of the woman was something she always used, so there was always the risk of getting lost, in our life during the Christian walk we got involved in many things and because of this we exposed ourselves to the world and ended up missing important things in our life , we have to remember that we are the church of the Lord, bride of the Lamb and when the Lord Jesus sacrificed himself for us he made a wedding ring with us and as the scripture says, he gave us gifts, gifts and ornaments to use until the day of marriage. Another important fact is that the drachmas were made of silver that symbolizes the cleansing of sins, the silver to be free of all dirt and slag it is passed over the fire until it is completely clean. When the woman loses a drachma she takes an important initiative which is to seek and find the drachma that was lost, for this she:
LIGHT A CANDEIA OR LAPARINA.
The woman lights a lamp to illuminate the environment where she lost the coin, we learn that the word of God is a lamp for our feet and light for our paths, in the world of darkness we need the word of God to be lit in our lives, with the lamp the woman can light the house where she had lost her drachma, the word of God has the power to penetrate the darkness and reveal the spiritual environment of our life.
SHE BROUGHT THE HOUSE.
After turning on the lamp, she then uses a broom and begins to sweep the house, thus removing any obstacle that might prevent the coin from being found, the gospel of Jesus has this capacity in our lives, to remove dirt, dust and every obstacle that hides the precious things, gifts, talents and values of the kingdom, this filth we can understand as sin in our lives, so we have to allow the gospel to cleanse our lives and leave our lives completely clean for the glory of God.
SHE SEARCHED WITH DILIGENCE
That woman didn’t settle until she found what she was looking for, he looked carefully in each part, because it had a very strong sentimental value for her, even more than the financial value, it represented the wedding ring and she needed to restore, repair and put it back in place, after insisting she then finds her drachma and is very happy, today we need to seek with all our strength and will to be with our lives before the Lord in preparation for the wedding day, as our gifts and talents and everything what precious he gave us for the day of the Lord.
CHEER WITH FRIENDS.
The fact of rejoicing with friends reveals the desire and readiness for marriage, it is sad when we look at the spiritual life of the people of God and see that there is no longer that yearning, that passion or expectation with the arrival of the Lord, many have lost their drachmas and are not concerned at all, now is the time to repair our flaws and seek the presence of God so that we can enjoy what God has for us.
We know that this parable refers to people who get lost and who are often getting lost inside the church and in our own homes, so we need to fight for the perishing and for our own family so that God comes to rescue and save.
Let us rejoice and rejoice and give him glory; because the Lamb's wedding is coming, and his wife has already got ready.
And he was given to wear fine, pure and shining linen; because fine linen is the justice of the saints. Revelation 19: 7,8
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