The 911 Operator

911 Operator: What's your emergency?

Person in need: Help me! Please. My time is running out.

911 Operator: I've already dispatched help to your location. Hang in there and trust me.

Person in need: I don't see any help. Are you sure it's coming?

911 Operator: Yes. Rescue was in place before you called. Open your eyes and grab a hold of the rescuer. He is there trying to connect with you. Trust him and don't let go.

Person in need: No, that won't work. He's not enough to rescue me. There must be another option. Oh no, my time's up…

Can you imagine being the 911 operator who takes a desperate call from someone in peril? Your job is to provide rescue advice and to be a calming influence. The rescuer had arrived but the person in need can't find him, or waits to long to reach for help, or chooses to wait for another option. And then time runs out. All is lost.

Why didn't he / she simply listen and heed your advice? How devastated would you be?

Now read the above conversation again, but this time God is the 911 operator and you are the person in need.

You see…

• God's always been on duty and always will be.
• He knew before time began that you would need help.
• So He sent the Rescuer two thousand years ago.
• He even provides the rescue instruction book to light the path to the Rescuer.  

Remember He hears every word you say, knows every thought you think, and sees every action you make. And He still loves you!

Enough to sacrifice His one and only Son to rescue you from eternal calamity. 

Who will you trust when tragedy strikes? Who can save you before your time runs out? Why wait for an emergency to strike when you can be in relationship with the Rescuer today?

The decision is yours. Choose wisely. Time is running out.

"Though you have not seen Him, you love him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls." 1 Peter 1:8-9. 

By the grace of God and perpetual spiritual and emotional renovation, Tammy Van Gils writes and blogs about Hope for the Everblooming Life at Tammyvangils.com. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers Association and Word Word Weavers International. Visit her on Facebook  and Twitter.