In the New Testament lost does not mean damned or doomed. It simply means in the wrong place. This is what happens with Zacchaeus, whose name means “righteous one” or “pure.” The chief tax collector was not living up to his name. He was in the wrong place, not aligned with his true name or identity. But when Jesus finds him, Zacchaeus goes from being in the wrong place to being in the right place: a son in the household and the family of his Father.