To Reflect... Rescue Team
"Because the Son of Man came to save the lost" (Luke 19:10). A group of boy scouts was used as "guinea pigs" in an emergency training session. A false earthquake was produced and the boyscouts pretended to be the injured people and would be taken to the emergency units. One boy scout should have remained lying on the ground to await the rescue team but the people reponsible for first aid delayed and the "wounded" boy scout remained lying there for various hours. When the rescue group arrived at the place where the victim should have been, they found only a note saying: "Having bled to death, I went home..." Up to what point have we understood that we are called as a rescue group to seek those who are lost? How quickly have we dealt with people who have not experienced the blessing of knowing Christ and receiving Him in their hearts? Have we been neglig ent, ignoring the needs of the world, as were those who left the young boy waiting to be rescued? Jesus is our Lord and Saviour and expects of us determination in seeking those who are wandering in this world, not knowing what to do or where to go. He has called us, anointed us and sent us to the arid field of sin to take the water of the Gospel to the thirsty and discouraged. Many are in anguish, weakened, wounded in soul and anxious for a hand to rescue them from their suffering. They are waiting and... what are we doing? What has been our priority? Jesus came to seek the lost and counts on us to continue His work. Just as the boy scout, who wearied of waiting, went home, many will seek needed help in other places, perhaps even worse that those in which they have already been. Are you going to remain where you are or are you going to go immediately to the rescue?
