Have you ever been out in fog that was so thick you could hardly see where you were going?
One winter a large flock of ducks was swimming in open water on the Niagara River above Niagara Falls. During the day a thick fog settled over the area. Not being able to see in the fog, the ducks became confused and swam much too close to the edge of the falls. More than a thousand were caught by the current and swept over the falls into the gorge 150 feet below.
The next day when the fog lifted, it was found that many of the ducks had been killed, and the hundreds that did survive the fall were injured and stranded on the ice. They were unable to fly out of the gorge because of their broken wings. And they could not be rescued from the ice because it was too dangerous. Some ducks were able to fly away the following day, but others died out on the ice in sight of people who would have rescued them if they could.
The Bible tells us that anyone who does not know the Lord Jesus as his or her Savior is “blind, and cannot see afar off” (2 Peter 1:99But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. (2 Peter 1:9)). Another verse says that “he ... [knows] not whither he [goes], because that darkness hath blinded his eyes” (1 John 2:1111But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:11)). This certainly is a dangerous way to go through life. Many of those ducks made a final fall over Niagara Falls, and all people who do not accept the Lord Jesus as their Savior will make a final fall into “outer darkness: [where] there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:1212But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 8:12)).
What an awful and unnecessary end! The Lord Jesus loves us and wants each of us to accept Him as our own Savior. What about you?
ML-12/10/2017