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
davidsargent1@comcast.net
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