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39
Seconds . . .
On
day six of the ill-fated mission of Apollo 13,
the astronauts needed to make
a critical course correction.
If they failed, they might never return to
Earth. To
conserve power, they shut down the onboard computer
that steered the craft.
Yet the astronauts needed to conduct a
thirty-nine-second burn of the main engines
in order to make the course correction.
But,
how would they steer the craft in the direction that
they needed to go?
Astronaut
Jim Lovell determined that if they could keep a fixed
point in space in view through their tiny window, they
could steer the craft manually.
That focal point turned out to be their
destination – Earth!
As
shown in the 1995 hit movie, Apollo 13,
a controlled burn commenced and for thirty-nine
agonizing seconds, Lovell focused on keeping the earth
in view through the tiny window. By not losing sight of that fixed reference point, the three
astronauts avoided disaster and safely returned home.
Because
of SIN, YOU and I need to
make a critical course correction!
With our sin, we are headed toward CERTAIN destruction
(Matthew 7:13-14).
However, God has provided a way by which we can
be saved from our sins, so
that WE can reach OUR intended destination –
Heaven!
OUR
fixed reference point for THAT destination is Jesus,
God’s Son.
Jesus said, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and
the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except
through Me" (John 14:6).
Jesus opened the way to Heaven by dying on the
cross
for our sins (Hebrews 9:26).
In order to receive the benefits of His
sacrificial death - we must place our faith
in Him (Hebrews 11:6), repent
of our sins (Acts 17:30-31), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:38).
THEN, in order to STAY on the right course we must
“fix our eyes on Jesus,
the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy
set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God”
(Hebrews 12:2).
Thirty-nine
seconds. The
clock is ticking!
Will YOU make the
necessary course corrections toward home?
God
bless you!
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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