We Were Shipwrecked

Imagine you are shipwrecked in the middle of an ocean.  Just floating... drifting all alone in the middle of the sea.  Dark blue water stretches as far as the eye can see in every direction.  Darkness falls.  Close your eyes and picture that for a second.  I don't think we can accurately imagine how frustratingly desperate we would feel in that situation.  Hopeless... empty.  All of a sudden a bright light shines down upon you and a voice calls out your name.  Someone has spotted you!  You are saved!  How your heart would explode with joy and simultaneously you would feel overcome with relief.  When you got to shore and regained your strength you'd probably want to meet the one who rescued you.  You'd want to say thank you, maybe even try to repay them some how.  You'd be excited to discover that your rescuer had been waiting for the opportunity to spend time with you!  He wants to spend time with you.

Most of you are shipwrecked and you don't even know it.  Maybe you've been floating for so long it just feels normal.  Just drifting through life without any direction, identity, or fulfillment.  You are lost and empty.  Maybe you don't think you shipwrecked... maybe you think your life raft is a vessel that allows you to search every avenue to fill the gap in your soul.  But life rafts aren't made for voyages or expeditions.  They are temporary solutions to an eternal problem.  The problem you keep trying to avoid is you are shipwrecked and you are drowning in selfishness, pride, addiction, lust, and hate.  You've been treading water for so long and you are too tired to fight for you life anymore.  The waters engulf you as you submerge and sink closer and closer to rock bottom.  Its a terrible story but its the harsh reality for a lot of people.  It would be a tragic ending to a movie, however this not the end... there's good news!  The light appears and it has a name... Jesus.  He is that light, that voice deep inside your soul that quietly prods and whispers, "There's more than this."  He lifts your limp body out of the water and places you gently on the shore of forever.  He gives you hope... He gives you a future.  He is the breath that fills your lungs, reviving you to consciousness.  You are no longer blind... now you can see!  You are no longer empty... now you are full!  And what's even more incredible is the fact that before you have a chance to love Him, He loves you.  Despite every mistake you've ever made, despite every mean intentioned thought you've ever had, despite it all... He loves you and wants to spend time with you.  Jesus is your Savior.  Won't you spend some time with Him?  I was shipwrecked but Jesus saved me.

We Were Shipwrecks - ilia 

(good God-honoring rock is hard to find!)