Staying Safe

Last night while enjoying a movie ofver at the MWR, Mental Welfair and Recreation, building there were three seperate rocket attacks about ten minutes apart from each other. Doesn't make for a good movie experience to saythe least. Anyway, each time there is a rocket attack the proceedure should be to lay on the ground, as low as you can get. Feet and legs together, head down and hands over your head. You should stay there for one minute and then get up and move to the nearest bunker.

Ok, that's what should happen. What really happens is that most people stand up when the alarm goes off and begin walking to the bunker. Some, sit for a minute before doing anything. Others like me, when the conditions are not exactly right for laying on the ground, squat down for a little while and then move to the bunker. Then there are those that do get on the ground and lay in the appropriate lifesaving position that they should be in.

As you exit the buildings the bunkers are usually pretty close to wherever you may be. Geberally most of them are precast concrete rectangles about twenty five feet long. They have what they call T walls on each end to protect stuff from coming in from there. Here again, some do as they are instructed and move into the bunkers as far as possible and get as low as possible. Others stand in the ends of the bunkers, not quiet committing to go inside but in enough to say the were. Yet others, stay outside as if hanging out with friends on a nice evening. Smoking cigerettes and talking about various subjects as if nothing were going on.

It occurred to me last night on the third time around that the actions of these people here parralel that of Christians. We don't all react in the same ways. we each do what we feel the best for the situation at hand. Some committ fully to the instructions given and others only partially.

The procedures that are in place to save us during Rocket attacks are not lies. They are the best way to survive the danger. Isn't also the Bible, Gods Word and the example of Jesus Christ the Christians procedures for saving their lives, by coming through the danger unharmed? But like here, each chooses the parts of the procedures we want to follow and when we want to follow them. We don't put all of our faith and all of our actions into practice. as we should.

Now the closest rocket that I have experienced was about 300 yards away. Actually heard the explosion as I was still getting out of my bed. By the time I got to the bunker all you could see was smoke at the impact point. I wonder however if last night the rocket had been closer, if the explosion was near, how many people would have done what they should have done. Gotten face down and then moved into the bunkers. How many would not and been in danger of death still as the danger was around them.

As Christians death is always around us, we live in a world that is dead to its sin. We also waiver back and forth in the war that is waged against this sin, our sin. We know the procedures that we must follow to help survive the attacks. We know that we must also lay face down in humility and worship to God each day, and evertime there is danger. We also know that we must move to the center of the bunker which is His word and the Truth of our Saviour. We must stay in the bunker and let it suround us always for as we move out of it, or linger by its entrance we remain in danger.

Trust God, trust His Word and trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Anything less and you remain in danger of your death.