I remember when I was a child I went to the local pool and jumped in the deep end. I wasn't a very good swimmer so panic set in and I went under! I knew there was a lifeguard on duty, because I had seen her setting up in her post. Surely she would jump in and save me! However, as I inhaled water and tried to push toward the surface I saw the lifeguard just sitting there looking at me. Now I finally found the strength to get to the edge of the pool and pull myself out, but I'll never forget how I felt when I saw the guard just disregard my need. Wasn't she supposed to save me? Shouldn't she have done something? At the least she should have checked on me.
Recently, I was encouraging a new Christian who has a past filled with drug addiction. They had been struggling and thoughts of giving up were going through their head. I sounded like a cheerleader giving them a pep talk before the big game! I talked of help, hope and hanging on! Then the struggling Christian looked and me and said, "You're a lifesaver, you go get people like a lifeguard does and pulls them out!" I never gave it much thought till the next day, then I let their words sink in. See Jesus is the float that keeps those in trouble above water and Jesus is the breath of life we all so desperately need. However, Jesus also needs us to be lifeguards! He needs someone to wade in deep water and throw a floaty to the lost. Someone who won't give up till they pull the troubled soul out of the storm and help them get on dry sturdy land. We all make decisions everyday so which one will you make? Will you be like the lifeguard at the pool and just sit back and watch someone go under or will you jump in head first with Christ in your heart and encouragement in your mouth and help someone miss hell?
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