There have been times in my life where I needed to be rescued. A very prime example happened last year at life guard training at our city pool. And all the people reading this who were there just got an idea about what I’m about to tell and they are all probably giggling right now. During this training we had to jump off our 10 foot stand into the water, I was one of the very last people to go and by that time the stand was very slippery. Well, I “jumped” off, my feet slipped out from under me and I fell face first into the water. Yes, I am pretty sure I passed out on the way down and my stomach was all scratched up. When I was submerged into the water I didn’t want to come back up and face the embarrassment of falling in front of all of those people. The other people though did have to jump in after me because they thought I was drowning and actually hurt but really I was just drowning in embarrassment. Probably one of my most embarrassing stories, ever. I realize now how much anxiety and fear I had to jump off that one guard stand. I didn’t want to fall or make a fool of myself in front of all of those people, but we see how that worked out. I have jumped off many diving boards and even cliffs into water, but this one guard stand was making my knees shake. In Samuel 1 Hannah is telling the story of how she had her son, she prayed to God for a son and she would devote his life to Him and his hair would never be cut. God kept all of His promises and fulfilled her wishes. In Hannah’s prayer of praise there’s this line, “I rejoice because you rescued me”, this really touched me because I have been rescued by Him and I rejoice in Him. My trials and tribulations were defeated in His name. At fist I was reluctant to be saved, I was ashamed and didn’t want to bring light to the dark things I was hiding. I can relate to me being saved from that pool to me being saved spiritually. See I had to jump into the water to be saved. I had to take that leap of faith to be cleansed. On the way down I got a little scratched up from my sin, but that’s ok because when I was submerged into the water I was cleansed of everything that was darkening my heart and pulling me away from Him. He pulled me up from the water and pulled me closer to Him. He came into my life and told me to take that leap, that jump into Him, and then He forgave me and washed me of my sins. He pulled me up and made me beautiful in His name. Maybe you need to be saved by grace and that is perfectly ok because it is never too late! I hope you rejoice if you are saved because you are fearfully and wonderfully made and rescued by the one and only God!!! Be Bold and take that leap of faith and be willing to go where he is calling you! Because on the other side it’s so wonderful and peaceful, it’s like nothing I’ve ever known!
