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Weekly Devotional 9-18-17 A modern Day Herald

Weekly Devotional 9-18-17 A Modern Day Herald

From Mohamed-Ibrahim Yattara
Director & Professor of Bible & Theology
Institut Biblique de la Boucle
Bamako, Mali

The following offering by brother Yattara was not titled, but after reading it I titled it, “A Modern Day Herald.” Also, I am not sure that his offering originated with him or not, but the account should impact each of us who name the name of Jesus Christ as our Savior.

A Modern Day Herald

“A preacher was driving home one night with his wife and two daughters in the car. It was raining and dark, and because of the intensity of the rain he could hardly see past his headlights. On the way he had to drive over a huge bridge. There were signs posted all along the bridge that said ‘DO NOT PICK UP HITCH-HIKERS.’ There was an institution for the criminally insane near the base of the bridge and sometimes people would escape from it and try to hitch a ride. On this particular night, as he turned his car on to the bridge, he had to drive exceptionally slow because he could hardly see the road. Somewhere near the top of the bridge a man suddenly appeared in the headlights. He was soaked, standing in the middle of the road with his shirt off frantically waving it over his head and screaming.

This preacher’s wife began to say, ‘Oh please don’t stop, try to drive around him!’ But the man was unavoidable and there was nowhere for the car to go to miss him. So he had to stop the car and as soon as he did, the man slapped his hand down on the hood of the car and was screaming at the top of his lungs. The preacher looked over at his wife and said to lock the door after him and not to unlock it until he returned. His family was now crying and pleading with him not to get out of the car. He opened the door and stepped outside…He was immediately soaked from the rain. As he approached the front of the car to grab the man, all of a sudden he could make out what the man was screaming, ‘THE BRIDGE IS OUT! THE BRIDGE IS OUT! A BUS LOAD OF KIDS JUST WENT OVER!’ As these words registered in the pastor’s mind, he looked back in the car at his wife and two daughters. He wrapped his arm around the man and wept in gratitude. The preacher stood there with the man for the next half-hour in the middle of the road, waving his jacket above his head screaming. ‘THE BRIDGE IS OUT! THE BRIDGE IS OUT!’

For a lost and a dying world, ‘THE BRIDGE IS OUT!’ For a people heading to a Christless Eternity, ‘THE BRIDGE IS OUT!’ Where are the men and the women who will stand in the middle of the road and forbid people to perish? HELL HAS OPENED IT’S MOUTH WIDE AND MANY ARE SPEEDING INTO IT. Where are those who will stand in the gap, on the streets, the highways and the byways to forbid multitudes with the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST from going to such a horrible place? SPREAD THE GOSPEL Lovely Thoughts For Lovely People Just Like You.

Always Remember JESUS Loves You. Share this message to all your friends, both Saved and unsaved. THE BRIDGE IS OUT! Unlike Many social media messages these days, if you choose not to share, nothing will happen. It just won’t hurt to encourage one another to keep spreading the gospel for the harvest is far more than the laborers. GOD BLESS YOU! ”

As I read this several thoughts came into my mind. We are not just saved to be rescued from an eternal separation from God, but we are saved to glorify God in this present life. What better way to glorify Him than being a faithful witness of His love, mercy and grace.

In His love, He called us to come out of the corruption of this world, to enter His kingdom. By His mercy He provided a sin bearer that we not be eternally separated from Him. And, by His grace He breathed into us new spiritual life enabling us to enjoy Him forever. As brother Yattara solicits, we must take this message to those who are still outside the kingdom of God.

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