 |
|
An
Outreach Publication of the Church of Christ at
Creekwood |
|
Outside Intervention Normally
the flight from Nassau to Miami took Walter Wyatt,
Jr., only 65 minutes. When his compass began to gyrate, Walter concluded he was headed in the wrong direction. He flew his plane below the clouds, hoping to spot something, but soon he knew he was lost. He put out a mayday call, which sent a Coast Guard Falcon search plane headed toward his location to lead him to an emergency landing strip only six miles away. Suddenly Wyatt's right engine coughed its last and died. The fuel tank had run dry. Around 8 p.m. Wyatt could do little more than glide the plane into the water. Wyatt survived the crash, but his plane disappeared quickly beneath the waves, leaving him bobbing on the water in a leaky life vest. With blood on his forehead, Wyatt floated on his back. Suddenly he felt a hard bump against his body. A shark had found him! Wyatt kicked the intruder and wondered if he would survive the night. He managed to stay afloat for the next ten hours. In the morning, Wyatt saw no airplanes, but in the water a dorsal fin was headed for him. Twisting, he felt the hide of a shark brush against him. In a moment, two more bull sharks sliced through the water toward him. Again he kicked the sharks, and they veered away, but he was nearing exhaustion. Then he heard the sound of a distant aircraft. When it was within a half mile, he waved his orange vest. The pilot radioed the Cape York, which was twelve minutes away: "Get moving, cutter! There's a shark targeting this guy!" As the Cape York pulled alongside Wyatt, a Jacob's ladder was dropped over the side. Wyatt climbed wearily out of the water and onto the ship, where he fell to his knees and kissed the deck. He'd been saved. Nothing less than outside intervention could have rescued him from sure death.* How much WE are like Walter Wyatt. Due
to OUR sin, we are lost, facing certain death (James
1:13-15; Romans 6:23).
Despite our best efforts, there is nothing we
can do to save ourselves. That "Outside Intervention" came in the Person of -JESUS CHRIST. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Jesus DIED for us so that we might LIVE (1 Thessalonians 5:10). He will rescue THOSE who: accept His salvation through faith (Acts 16:31), repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confession of Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), and baptism (immersion) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:27). Those who: continue to FOLLOW Jesus, He will continue to SAVE and PROTECT them from the ”shark” (Satan) that seeks to DESTROY (1 Peter 5:8). Only "Outside Intervention" will save YOU from certain DEATH. Accept God’s offer while you still have the opportunity. . . David A. Sargent, Minister Church of Christ at Creekwood * Peter Michelmore To Subscribe to "Living Water" send a blank e-mail to:
HTML version: subscribe-livingwater@lyris.dundee.net Follow this link to locate the church of Christ nearest you: www.churchsearch.org Archived issues of "Living Water" can be accessed from our website at: www.creekwoodcc.org
|