My Thoughts

I heard an interesting story the other day. It is a true story, although it is so shocking it may not sound true. The story goes like this. While the ocean linear Titanic was sinking, some of the crew were busy going about their normal jobs. Some of the staff were seen dusting tables and polishing mirrors, all while the ship was sinking. Instead of showing the passengers how to get to the life boats, they were still doing their jobs around the ship. What a tragedy. You may say that can’t be true, but it is. You may ask how could that be? I do not know for sure, but I think they thought that this great ship would never sink. When I heard that story, I thought how we, in our Christian lives, are so busy “dusting tables” and “polishing mirrors” that we never take the time to show people to the “life boat” Jesus Christ. I thought how absurd the staff on the Titanic were by not helping the passengers to the life boats. How much more absurd is it that we do not tell the people around us to get in the “life boat”, the ship is sinking! The Titanic did sink, and the people around us one day will die and face the judgment of God. The question is, will we stop being so busy doing insignificant and non essential things that do not and will not matter beyond today and tell them the Good News of the Gospel, that not only will save them from the wrath of God, but give them eternal life. I would only hope this story would give us a sense of urgency to redeem the time we have, because the ship is sinking, and Jesus Christ is the only “life boat” that can save us.