“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13).
During the crisis of 9/11, we saw emergency responders risking their lives – and, indeed, giving up their lives – to help those in and around the towers. Today we see the Fukushima 50. These faceless 50 people went back into the nuclear power plant to attempt to control the increasing temperatures of the nuclear cores and maintain the integrity of the plant, knowing they very well might not make it out alive. One man, on the phone to his wife, said, “I love you, but it is time to go on with your life.” We know what he meant, but he is also attempting, through his actions in the plant, to give his wife the ability to live. God bless these 50 and all of those like them.
When was the last time we risked anything for someone? Why can’t we make an eternal impact and reach out with the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ to those around us? What is our “sacrificial love”? What are we doing to help further the kingdom of God? We can reach out and help someone, but we cannot help anyone more than to help them with their eternality.
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