Be Ready to Take Life-Saving Measures

“For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” Romans 10:13-14 ESV

In a story shared by WSB-TV yesterday, it was reported that two officers at a Georgia university are being credited with saving the life of a runner earlier this month. Bryan Schuler was running in the Firecracker 5K on July 4 in Dahlonega when he stopped breathing. Sgt. Brody Clements and Officer Madison Comer, both with the University of North Georgia Police Department responded to the scene where Schuler collapsed. “I checked the subject, and he was breathing intermittingly at first then he stopped,” Clements said. “I started chest compressions and executed approximately 40 compressions and then the subject came back to us.” UNG police officers are trained with life-saving measures like CPR in the case of a medical emergency, according to the department. In this incident, officers used their training to save Schuler... “Due to the officers’ response, I truly believe this was a life-saving event. I’m not a doctor, but it looked like his vitals stopped and the officers regained his vitals,” Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said. “It would have been a different outcome if they weren’t present.”

And you know, when it comes to being ready and able to perform a lifesaving action at any moment, you and I would do well to remember that “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” That means that everyone who has NOT called on the name and received Jesus as their Savior will NOT be saved but rather die in their sins. Which begs, as Paul said, three very important questions… “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” And the answer to those questions is this… they can’t and they won’t… unless, of course, someone is present and ready to preach the only Message that has the power to restore them to life and change their eternal outcome. And that “someone” must be us!

So train yourself to be able to perform the most important life-saving measure you could ever execute on a person who is dead or dying in their sin my friend. Tell them about Jesus so they might call on Him and believe in Him before it’s too late. This is the biggest life-saving event ever! So be ready!

Heavenly Father, thank You for reminding us that every believer has a crucial job to do in this world. Remind us just how bad hell is Lord so that we might never back down from sharing the Gospel message. Help us to be bold God and give us eyes that see the dying, hearts that ache for them, and mouths ready and willing to speak to revive them and show them the way to eternal life. It’s in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

Happy Running!