Day 31 - Psalm 90

When it comes right down to it, we are all afraid of it: Death.

Part of serving an all-powerful God is knowing that he can give and take life away at any time, without our consent or understanding. We don't like to face the fact that today could be our very last day on this Earth.

Because of some of the unique career choices I have made, I have seen death on many occasions. While some have been peaceful, most have not. While some were older, most weren't. Recently as an EMT I responded to a house where a woman was giving birth. The main problem with this is that the baby was four months premature. When delivered, the baby had no pulse, was not breathing and was unresponsive. For all practical purposes, dead. While some may have simply accepted this, we did not! Through good training, fast response, and the help of the lord, we brought the baby back to life.

After this happened, one of my partners commented, "There's dead, and then there's dead." She was right. Just because hope may be lost, the end looks inevitable, and there seems like no chance, we have a God who makes the one in a million shot.

And it's not just about our physical bodies. Because in reality, we are not a body that has a soul, but rather a soul that has a body. God cares for both. For many people, right now their soul is dead or dying because it does not have the love, forgiveness, and life that comes through knowing Jesus Christ. While we would never think to simply ignore someone we saw physically dying, every day we walk right by those who are dying spiritually and do nothing. By doing so, we discount the power of a God who gives and takes life as he pleases. Who has done so from the beginning of time. My partners and I did not help that baby because it was our job (although it was), nor because it was easy. We stepped in and helped because it was right. The same must be said for the lost and dying soul. It is not enough for us to stand by and wait. Nor can we simply say, "They would never be interested in Jesus." It is not our call to make a judgment about who God can save, but instead to simply offer ourselves as rescuers wherever we are needed.

Psalm 90 closes with asking God to "bless the works of our hands". To me this is fitting because the only way we can impact the spiritual is through the physical. If God will bless our physical efforts to save the lost, there is nothing spiritually that can stop us.

- submitted by Nolan Davis