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Topic: How
Salvation Relates To Present Circumstances
The idea of salvation is, for many people, a frightening concept
because the idea of salvation brings to them the idea of death and dying.
So frightening is salvation, people avoid talking about and avoid thinking
about salvation. Salvation is not just about the moment of death, but
relates to every moment of our present life. Salvation is scary for many
people because those people who find salvation a frightening prospect do
not see the absolute end result of salvation…the do not see the saving
part of salvation. Salvation in our life and salvation in our present
circumstances can be thought of in the following way:
Any moment in our life can be our last moment. Any moment in our life
can be like standing on the deck of the Titanic. Any moment in our life
can be like we are all on the Titanic, the lifeboats are gone, and we know
our end is near. Standing on the deck of the Titanic, the joy, worry,
pain, and suffering of our past, even the joys, worries, pain, and
suffering just before the unsinkable ship hit the iceberg are now
irrelevant. Standing on the deck, as the great ship begins to list as she
takes on water from the gash in her underbelly, we know for certain our
time on earth is indeed short. Our earthly hope is gone. From all
appearances, it would certainly appear we are eternally doomed. As the
minutes tick by and as the violins play "Nearer My God To Thee",
we hear the engines loosen from their moorings in the engine room and
crash their way into the hull. The ship tips upward until we cannot hang
onto the railing any more…just as we let go of the railing and slide
down into the freezing water, a Great Hand, a Great Saving Hand reaches
down into the water and saves us from certain death. By the action of this
Great Hand, this Great Hand with the scars from the nails, we have been
saved from certain death and are instantly transported into the paradise
of Heaven.
1.
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.
2.
Though like a wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.
3.
There let my way appear
Steps unto Heaven;
All that thou sendest me
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God. to thee,
Nearer to thee.
4.
Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.
5.
Or if on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon and stars forgot,
Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.
Author: Sarah Fuller Adams (1805-48)
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These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites
called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.findthepower.com/wisdomminute
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