One day last week, The Medical University of South Carolina teamed up with two local hospitals to conduct a drive-thru Covid-19 vaccine clinic in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.  More than 1,000 people registered to receive the vaccine.

Just as the clinic began, something went wrong with their computers, grinding the registration process down to a halt.  The line backed up to the point that people had to wait an hour to receive the vaccine.

The mayor of Mount Pleasant needed some help.  Who could he call to help facilitate the process of coordinating the drive-thru so that they could administer the vaccines more efficiently?

How about Chick-fil-A?  They seem to be experts in the drive-thru business.

The mayor called manager Jerry Walkowiak from the Chick-fil-A restaurant which was across the street from the church parking lot where the clinic was being held.  Walkowiak used his expertise in organizing the drive-thru, cutting down wait time to 15 minutes.

The mayor tweeted a video on Friday of Walkowiak directing traffic as he stood in the rain with an umbrella and wrote, "Chick-fil-A manager Jerry Walkowiak donating his professional drive thru experience to help our vaccination program in Mt Pleasant today."

"When you need help, call the pros," he went on to write.*

Two applications:

1. Everybody needs a little help at times.  Don’t be afraid to ask.  Ask someone that you trust.  Ask someone with some valuable experience in dealing with your problem.  Ask someone who will give you Godly counsel.  There should be no shame in asking for help.  We all need it from time to time.

2. Be available to help others.  When asked for help, Walkowiak responded immediately.  He was willing and available.  That’s something that you and I can do: be willing and available to help someone in time of need.

The Bible says, “Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2).

God will save and give eternal life to those who place their faith and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sins in repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38).  He will continue to cleanse from sin those who continue to walk in the light of His Word (1 John 1:7-9).

We can’t bear the burden of sin; we need help.  Call on Jesus by accepting His offer of salvation and eternal life.  “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord” (Acts 22:16).

-- David A. Sargent

* Information gleaned from “SC mayor calls on Chick-fil-A to help with COVID vaccine traffic backup: 'Call the pros'” by Talia Kaplan, Fox News, www.foxnews.com.

David A. Sargent, Minister

Church of Christ at Creekwood 
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama  36695

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