“He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.” Psalm 18:16 (NKJV)
Growing up, I always had a fear of water, especially if I had to swim a long distance. Access to a swimming pool in my northern community was not an option, so our swimming was in dugouts, rivers and lakes. One day, while swimming in a dugout, I was trying to make it from one end to the other. Fear overtook me, and I thought I wasn’t going to make it. However, I had a friend there who kept telling me, “You’re gonna make it!” If he had not been there to encourage me, I am not sure what would have happened.
On another occasion, it was springtime when the ice was breaking up. My cousin and I were standing on a small piece of floating ice with open water all around us, with long sticks to push ourselves around. Just for fun, using our body weight, we started swaying our piece of ice up and down, and back and forth. Suddenly, it seemed that the ice we were standing on was going to flip! In fear, we yelled out for help. Thankfully, my older brother heard and came over on a larger piece of ice to rescue us.
If we look back on our lives, I’m sure we can all be amazed at all the times we have been rescued from potentially harmful situations.
While in Bible college, I remember reading the verse (above): “He drew me out of many waters.” I thanked Jesus for using my brother to be my rescuer that day. Really, Jesus is my Rescuer. He rescued me from the judgement of my sins by taking my place. Not only that, but He also continues to rescue me from dangerous situations in life.
Dear Jesus, thank You for being my Rescuer from sin, and also from all my other difficult situations in life. Amen.
– Frank Ward
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