At the cottage where the family was staying, the lake was over 10 feet deep right off the end of the dock. Anna’s parents were quite worried about their little toddler being around such deep water. They were afraid she might fall in and drown. They talked over what they should do about it and decided the best thing would be to teach Anna to swim. So they all got into their bathing suits and went down by the shore where the water was shallow.
First, Anna’s mother held her in the water and her daddy reached out his arms for her to come to him, just a few inches away. Anna sputtered and kicked, and soon she was in her daddy’s arms. Then her daddy released her in the water while her mother stretched out her arms and called Anna to come. By the end of the afternoon Anna was having a great time and could swim several feet.
Of course they didn’t want Anna to fall into the deep water, but they wanted her to be able to swim just in case she did. They wanted her to be ready.
If you should fall into the deep waters of death, would you be ready for eternity? Have you trusted in the strong and loving arms of the Lord Jesus who has won the victory over death by rising from the dead?
In 2 Samuel 22 David says, “The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; the God of my rock; in Him will I trust. . . . When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. . . . In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and He did hear my voice” (vss. 2,3,5,7).
God is listening. He loves you even more than Anna’s parents love her, and He doesn’t want you to fall into the waters of death unprepared. If you have not come to Him to have your sins forgiven, call to Him for forgiveness right away. He assures us that “if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:99If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)). That’s all that is necessary to be ready for an eternity with Christ in heaven.
Don’t you want to be safe and sure you are safe?