Luke 15:8-10 ... imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it?
And when she finds it you can be sure she'll call her friends and neighbors: 'Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!' Count on it—that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God."
In his parable Jesus is speaks concerning the lost souls of men, let's notice the emphasis of the search:
This woman recognizes that something precious is lost, and with this realization, the woman gets her candle out and lights it, then she gets her broom and begins to sweep the house; seeking diligently for the lost coin.
She carries the candle from room to room. With a broom in hand she sweeps ever corner. Her eye searching as she goes, not letting anything that looks like the coin go unnoticed.
This woman puts great effort into finding the lost coin. She does not glance and say, "oh well, I guess it's just not here, or oh, well it will should up one day." No she was searching.
How long has it been since you went "searching" for God's lost, precious, and valuable processions of souls?
Pr 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise
