The Rightful Owner

Luke 15:8

8"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

When you lose something and realize that you have lost it, you look for it. If it is of value to you, you will search until you find it. The other day I was on my way to the restroom and I came across a Metro SmarTrip card with a unique identifier. I figured it was a woman who dropped it because of the location where I found out. I started to put it in the women's restroom but thought, someone would take it and it may not be the rightful owner. So I went back into the office and sent an email saying what I had found but that it had a unique identifier on it. If the person could tell me what it was then I would know it belonged to that person. People looked at me as if I were crazy. I made mention in the email that I knew what it was to lose a wallet and metro card and someone returned it to me. I said I would turn it into Metro if the owner didn't come forward. Some do not realize that you can register your card with Metro so that if you lose it, they can track the last amount you had on it and ship you a new one. Anyway, many looked at me and wondered why I didn't just keep the card. My thought, I am not the rightful owner. The person who lost it didn't intend to lose it. I even told the security guard at the front desk. The next day, a colleague came to me and said they met the rightful owner. She was talking with the security guard and spoke of the SmarTrip card with a unique identifier. The colleague said as soon as he heard her say it he stopped and told her where she could find me. The woman came to me yesterday to claim her card. I recognized her as she is in one of the other suites on the floor.

The Word says in Luke 6:31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

Would you want someone to return to you something you lost? Anything that is rightfully mine, I want returned to me regardless of how it was lost. How you treat others is an indication of how you want to be treated. If you want something that belongs to you returned, when given the opportunity, return to the rightful owner what belongs them. The body of Christ often speaks about taking back what the devil stole. So if you know you have come across something that God didn't say was yours, return it to the rightful owner. And so God will do with you at the proper time.