Are You Waiting To Be Rescued?

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Imagine you're looking at a swimming pool filled with people. All of a sudden, you see a small child caught in the deep end, unable to swim and sinking to the bottom. What would be your response? Do you start waving your arms and shouting at him, trying to give him some tips on how to make it back to the shallow end of the pool? 

Does that make sense? Would anyone in their right mind just stand there and shout while a child is drowning? Of course not! Any rational thinking person would jump in the water and pull that child to safety.

If Jesus did not come into our world and died for our sin, we would be exactly like that drowning child. We would have no hope of escaping death on our own. And while the world’s religions wave their arms and shout instructions at us for pulling ourselves from death, Jesus is the only one who gets into the water to save us.

As we move into the Christmas season, let us focus our hearts and minds on the work of Jesus Christ. He is the one who came into the world to die for our sins and rescue us from a hopeless eternity. He did not just leave us to wallow in darkness; He did something about our condition. 

Praise God today for His love! Thank God that he didn’t just give us instructions for living, but came himself to save us from a hopeless eternity!

And Christ left us His holy Word, the Bible, which gives us directions for living successfully, and helps us reach our fullest potential.