Rescue the Perishing

I don't know if YOU were one of the "billion" who tuned in at one time or another as the Chilean miners were rescued yesterday...but I was. And I am tuckered out!  I have cried; I have SOBBED! I have prayed; I have praised. And I have been making spiritual analogies all the while as I have considered the darkness--the destiny of people who have not secured their eternal salvation by personal faith in Jesus Christ.  I have longed for the joy of seeing people come to Jesus.  The words of an old Fanny Crosby gospel song kept going through my mind. Maybe YOU know it...

1. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
   Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
   Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,
   Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.
   • Refrain:
     Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
     Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
2. Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,
   Waiting the penitent child to receive;
   Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;
   He will forgive if they only believe.
3. Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,
   Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
   Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,
   Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
4. Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;
   Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
   Back to the narrow way patiently win them;
   Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.

I want to "wear" Jesus on MY "sleeve" today!  He is truly the HOPE of the world! 

God has given a billion people a witness.

We are without excuse!

 "From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made.  They can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature.  So they have NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER for not knowing God."

Romans 1:20