Thursday, November 21, 2013

Air Mask - Comfort From God


Symbol: Air masks in depressurized plane cabin

Lesson: Accept God’s help so you’ll know how to help others

Illustration: You are on a flight with your children flanking you. Suddenly there is an emergency—the cabin depressurizes and the air masks drop from the ceiling. Did you pay attention to the flight attendants when they briefed you before the flight? Who’s mask do you put on first—your own or your children’s? Parental instinct is to help your children first but unless you get air to yourself first, you may become unconscious before you’ll have time to help your children. The flight attendant was very clear on this matter—put the mast on yourself first.

Notes: We live in a world whose love has not only cooled off but grown absolutely cold! Even what was once considered natural human affection (kindly love for others), has depressurized within human society leaving a world of “me first.” In such a critical environment we need to first get ourselves situated, breathing in the life-saving word of God. But it is not a selfish act. In fact the scripture says that the reason we receive God’s comfort is for the purpose of comforting others. Details on how to help others is found in this article.


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