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Too
Many Engineers
One
of the worst train disasters in history occurred in
the El Toro Tunnel in Leon, Spain, on January 3, 1944.
Over five hundred people died.
The
train was a long passenger train with an engine on
both ends. As the train entered the El Toro Tunnel,
the engine on the front end stalled. When the front
engine stopped, the engineer on the back engine
started up his engine to back the train out of the
tunnel. As he proceeded, however, the front engineer
managed to get the front engine started again and
attempted to continue the journey in the opposing
direction. Neither engineer had any way of
communicating with the other. Both engineers thought
they simply needed more power. They continued to pull
in opposite directions for several minutes. Hundreds
of passengers on the train in the tunnel died of
carbon monoxide poisoning because the train was stuck
in the tunnel because it was being pulled in two
different directions! *
This
tragic incident illustrates what can happen in our
lives when we are pulled in different directions,
following the lead of different “engineers”…
Many
of US struggle as to which way to go with our lives.
We often give in to different
“engineers” like our friends, our society, our
families, and our selves, even though they may be
pulling in opposite directions!
Long
ago, the inspired prophet Jeremiah said, “O
LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is
not in man who walks to direct his own steps”
(Jeremiah 10:23).
In other words, we need direction – we need a
wise engineer – to help direct our steps.
In
short, we need Jesus to be our Savior AND our Lord
(Master, Ruler, “Engineer”).
In fact, Jesus cannot be our SAVIOR unless He is our
LORD!
Hank
Hanegraaff has written: “Christ died to be our
Savior and lives to be our Lord.”
Christ
died on the cross to pay the price for our sins
(Ephesians 1:7).
We are saved from our past sins when we believe
and trust Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from our sins in
repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts
2:38; 22:16). We
continue to be cleansed from our sins as we continue
to acknowledge Him as the Lord of our lives through
our trusting obedience to His Word (1 John 1:7).
Jesus asked, "But
why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the
things which I say?” (Luke 6:46).
There
are MANY engineers in the world that desire to control
our lives, but there is only ONE Loving Lord.
Won’t
YOU submit your life to
Him so He can lead you to an eternal home?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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Adapted from Wayne Rice, Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks, pp. 208-209.
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