Psalms 8:1 and 16:2; include 31:1-4

My Shepherd met me in His green pastures and laid me down in Luke 15. I’ve been there a lot over the past few weeks. Today, the Mind of the Spirit engaged the spirit of my mind on a question: it seems straight forward to use a sheep in a soul winning analogy, but silver?

Luke 15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Luke 15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

These parables are followed by the story of the prodigal, and each illustrates God’s care for the lost, and the joy He has when what is lost is found, or recovered. The lost sheep, the lost silver, and the lost son.

It’s not hard to make the connection between a lost soul and a lost sheep, or a lost soul and a lost son, but how does “silver” represent a lost soul?

Silver is not an essential component of the human body, and is found only in our bodies in very small quantities if at all. It might be absorbed from external sources, but, unlike copper, zinc, and iron, silver is not a natural component of human physiology. But is silver indicative of the spiritual aspect of life?

Along the still waters, I pondered the words of Solomon where he likens death to the loosening of the “silver cord” (Ecclesiastes 12:6-7): The separation of the spirit from the body that occurs in death. However, he also likens death to the breaking of the “golden bowl,” the “broken pitcher” at the fountain, and “broken wheel” at the cistern. Each of these images represent los of functionality. Nevertheless, the loosing of the silver cord has long been associated with the breaking of the tie (the silver cord) between the soul and the body. The dead in sin are spiritually loosed from God, the source of life, and so lost. Perhaps, finding the “silver coin” is indicative of the son who was dead and is alive again (Luke 15:32), which fittingly concludes this set of parables.

In the valley, shadowed by His cross, I saw the “altar” on which the Lamb of God died to save the “Lost sheep,” find the “lost silver,” and redeem the “lost son.” I listened for the joy of heaven in the rolling of the voice of many waters as He called: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23).

At the table, He anointed my head with His oil and filled my cup with His grace. He checked my eyes, and anointed them with His eye salve, and my ears He opened. Goodness and mercy appeared, Jesus rose, I stood, He moved toward the harvest and I followed.

Praying for revival! 🙏

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