BBD 09.08.14 Be a Hero (Classic)
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The Burning
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Classic
from 2002
09.08.14
Be a Hero
But it happened about this time,
when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the
house was inside, that she caught him by his garment, saying, ‘Lie with me.’
but he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. - Genesis
39:12-13.
No temptation has overtaken you
except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to
be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the
way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. - 1 Corinthians 10:13.
Joseph gives us a vivid example of the
urgency that is needed in regard to fleeing from sin. The Bible tells us in Romans 6:23 that the “wages of
sin is death.” We should search desperately, diligently, urgently for
the way of escape from sin because sin brings about death and destruction in
our lives. Those escaping from the death and destruction of 9/11 also give us a
very vivid picture of fleeing from what will bring death into our lives.
One of the heroes of 9/11 was Welles
Crowther. Welles was only 24 years old and worked as an equities trader for
Sandler O’Neil on the 104th floor. But Welles was also a volunteer firefighter
in his hometown of Nyack, New York. Just after the second plane slammed into
the south tower Ling Young was lying facedown on the 78th floor of the elevator
lobby when she regained consciousness. When she looked up there was her hero, Welles Crowther. He told her, “I found the stairs. Follow me, and help the ones that can
be helped.”
Crowther helped Ling Young and some others
down a dozen flights of stairs to where he thought it was safe and then turned
and said, “I’m going back upstairs to help.”
In the elevator lobby of the 78th floor were close to 200 people who were
injured, dying or dead and that was where Young had been and that was where
Crowther was heading. There was smoke and fire everywhere, but he still was
going back. Crowther found Judy Wein and Gigi Singer and led them to safety
staying with them for 15 floors and then he again went back up planning to make
a third trip.
As the ambulance left with Judy Wein and Gigi
Singer, the south building collapsed. It collapsed with all those people still
trying to make it out including Welles Crowther. Because of the heroism of Welles
Crowther and many others, hundreds of people did find a way of escape and made
it to safety. Their heroism will never be forgotten by those that they rescued.
As we are fleeing from the temptations of
this world and as we are finding the way of escape from the attractions of sin
let us take some people with us. We too can be and need to be heroes in the
lives of those around us who have lost their way. We have the tools, the
resources that we need. We have the Word of God, we have the privilege of prayer,
and we have a wondrous Savior - we have what we need to be heroes.
As you are fleeing from sin, temptations, and
the world, be a hero and take some people with you.
Copyright © 2002-2014. Ed
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