It captivated the world this week and we got emotionally involved – the young Thai boys and their coach in a seemingly impossible situation captured underground in a treacherous cave where the odds were heavily against them for getting out alive. Flooded waters filled the caves, for a long time they couldn’t be found, they couldn’t swim, and they were weak through lack of food. We all wanted them to be rescued and the thought of anything but a rescue didn’t want to enter our minds – it would’ve been too tragic, too devastating.
One of the spokespeople at the site said they were saved because of love. Love puts others first, love always protects, always hopes, always trusts and always perseveres. The world saw this demonstrated through the heroic efforts of the rescuers including the ultimate sacrifice of one man who gave his life in helping rescue the trapped boys.
It made me think of the fact that we too were all in a cave, in darkness. We lacked the Bread of Life and our strength was not enough to sustain us. We had unclear vision and although we may have thought we could see, we were blind without the Light, and although we thought we were making it in our own strength, we needed to rest in His strength to bring us through those muddy waters and darkness into His marvellous light. Someone did make the ultimate sacrifice for us all to come into freedom and His Name is Jesus and I don’t doubt for one moment that the Light of this world, Jesus, answered the prayers of thousands of people worldwide to express His love for mankind through guiding the rescuers to achieve this amazing victory.
