Just a Moment

Back in April – three men in their 40s were on a fishing trip in a 20-foot skiff near Micronesia, about 1800 miles east of the Philippines. But the skiff was damaged when they approached an island from surging swells. They hit a coral reef, putting a hole in the boat’s bottom. They ended up stranded on an uninhabited Pacific Island with no radio or means of calling for rescue. When they’d been missing a few days the Coast Guard received a distress call from a woman who said her three uncles were missing. The initial search area was more than 78,000 square nautical miles. With no other way to communicate their dilemma the three fishermen spelled HELP on the beach using palm leaves. The sign was spotted several thousand feet in the air. They had been lost for 9 days.

Don’t you love a great rescue story? That is what the gospel is all about. It’s the greatest rescue story ever told. The continual theme throughout the Bible is our desperate situation, all the way from the Garden to the end of Revelation. Our need for rescue isn’t just about this life, it’s about eternity. Jesus came on a search and rescue mission. He came to “seek and to save the lost.”

God wants to rescue you, but you must accept his gift of salvation. Have you done that? If not, will you accept his gift of rescue?  2 Cor 6:2, Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.