LONE SAVIOR
Eighth
of nine devotions in Incarnation Parallel
Bible Study series
Isaiah
43:11, Acts 4:12
Isaiah
43:11: “I, even I, am the Lord, and
apart from Me there is no savior.”
Acts
4:12: “Salvation is found in no one
else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we may be
saved.”
People
don’t usually think of themselves as sinners.
We all try our best. Through
successes and failures, we convince ourselves that we’re doing pretty well. And we’re pretty good people, too! Why
would we need a savior? A Savior from
what?
It’s not like we killed someone. We compare ourselves to others, and pat
ourselves on the back. We made it this far. We can make it in life all the way.
But then, life happens.
“Beat you to the top!” Benjy challenged
his twin, Danny. Two nine year old
boys wandered in front of a blasted-out rock face
of a mountain.
“Sure!” Danny agreed.
“Ready, set, go!”
They boys scrambled up the rock
face. Sneakers found toe holds. Gloved hands found rock holes and stone
points as they climbed higher and higher up the stone surface. Danny clambered onto the top, and yelled, “I
win! I’m champion!” Then he lay on his belly, looking down at
Benjy. “What’s wrong Ben? Are you a wuss?”
Ben looked up at Danny, his eyes
misting. “I’m stuck, Dan. No joke.
There are no more places for my hands or feet to go.” Benjy looked desperately for rock points that
his hand could grasp, indents that his foot could claim. Then Benjy looked down. The ground seemed impossibly far away. Benjy gulped.
He looked up at Danny.
“Help me, Dan!” he pleaded.
“Help me, Dan!” he pleaded.
Danny stretched his arm down as far
as it could reach. “Grab my hand,
Ben!”
Benjy grabbed his brother’s
outstretched hand. “Pull me up!” he
demanded.
When Benjy scrapped safely to the
top, he fell on his back looking at the sky.
“Whew!” he blew out a big sigh. “You just saved my life, Dan!”
“I know!” Danny admitted. He chuckled.
“Now, you can do my chores!”
Take Home Nugget
When
people are in trouble and scared, they understand needing a savior. When we can’t save ourselves, we cry out for
help. When you’re in trouble, to whom do
you cry out? Friends, parents, family,
even police officers can’t always help the way we want.
Every person needs a Savior because
we’re born into sin. The opening
Scripture assures us that there is only one Savior: Jesus Christ, our Lord. Only through faith in Jesus, will people be forgiven
of their sins and saved to eternal life.
One
cry that’s always answered: “Have mercy, Lord!”
J.D.
Griffith
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