Salvation

The story has been told of a rice farmer who saved an entire village from destruction. From his hilltop farm he felt the tremor of an earthquake and saw the distant ocean swiftly withdraw from the old shoreline, like some enormous animal crouching back for a leap. He knew that “the leap” would be a TIDAL WAVE. In the valley below, he saw his neighbors working low fields that would soon be flooded. They must run quickly to his hilltop or they would all die. His rice barns were dry as tinder....

So with a torch he set fire to his barns and soon the fire bell started ringing. His neighbors saw the smoke and rushed to help him. Then from their safe perch they saw the tidal wave wash over the fields they had just left. In a flash they knew not only WHO had saved them but WHAT their salvation had cost their benefactor. They later erected a monument to his memory bearing the motto, "He gave us all he had, and gave gladly."

The same words could be said of our heavenly Father and the gift of his one and only Son! It is commendable to share what you have with others. It is unbelievable to give all to save others. That is what God did – accept his mercy and salvation. He gave it all so that we could be saved. Give your life to Him today. If you have already, then live for him the rest of your life.

(story from David Sargent, Living Water, Mobile, AL. David writes an excellent weekly email. You can visit him at http://creekwoodcc.org/. You will be blessed)