Rescue Me

Last night I was watching CNN as the workers that were trapped underground was rescued. At the time I went to sleep, 8 workers had been rescued. I notice that CNN was giving a lot attention to the support that the workers had while underground, and the families that were so happy to see their loved one again. A couple of things I observed from the families were that they were genuinely happy, the support was unified, and everyone was cheering for other workers to be rescued. After watching the CNN coverage of rescue, I begin thinking about how many people in the spiritual are in a pit and looking for a way out. So many people in this country are feeling like they are in a pit of despair, destruction, depression, sexual identity, sexual immorality, financial issues, and host of others issues that all can be named now. Then I begin wondering, when is the church going to mount a rescue operation? So many people are underneath their problems spiritually, but try and come to church and act as though everything is good. Also, the church laity can get so caught up in other self-serving issues that they forget someone needs to be lifted up from the pit. Then, I thought about Psalms 40:1-3. I pray that as this year close that people will be delivered from their personal pit, and that God begins to set them on a solid rock of foundation. I pray that God puts a new song in everyone’s mouth to replace the old CD titled, “Un Ty’ed & the I’s separated”. I pray that God allows us to start singing those old hymns again that many are singing now like, “Do Not Pass Me By”. The main reason that I believe a rescue is needed so bad is expressed at the end of Psalm 40:3, “many will see and fear put their trust in the Lord”. The eyes of the world have always been on the church, and I believe that is the way God wanted it to be. So that when many people start getting saved (rescued), many will see and begin to come back to the way of the Lord. This rescue going on in Chile is a spiritually symbolic message to the church of what should be taking place in sanctuary’s across America. As I was writing this blog entry-the idea came to me, that if someone was suddenly hurt in our presence we would begin to yell for help. The time is now, for us as the church to begin to scream for help. We should not only scream for help for our own situation, but I believe as you are reading this there is a person next to you that is in a pit and they need you to scream for help. In case anyone is asking who are we screaming to, we are screaming to the only wise God that I know who can save all men & women. So join me in starting this rescue operation, by opening your mouth and let God know that we need help, and that we are expecting by faith for Psalm 40:1-3 to be true in this season.