The Rescuer, The Comforter, The Counsellor

UV 3560/10000 The Rescuer, The Comforter, The Counsellor or RCC For you have rescued my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling and falling. Psalm 116 v 8 The uni-verse reflects the faith fact that God is primarily our Rescuer. A rescuer is one to whom we owe our lives. The Lord God rescues us from death in more than one way. The Lord rescues us from encounters with death during our earthly sojourn as well as grants us eternal life in Christ after our physical deaths. Not many experience the first but all can experience the second type of death by faith. I am among the few on the planet who was rescued by the Lord from physical death, not once but twice. Once one is rescued from death or near death situations, we cannot forget the Lord and His saving grace for even a moment. The Lord not only rescues us from mortal dangers but He rescues us from sorrows, troubles, trials. It might be a sickness from which He healed us or a business crisis from which He miraculously rescued us. Nothing is too difficult for Him to do. He saved the helpless Jewish unarmed slaves of mighty Egypt through a series of events. Many in this current pandemic have lost their jobs, their only source of earning. In such situations, we should hold onto our faith and cling onto the Lord and His promises. He who provided for the prophet Elijah in the wilderness food through a raven is able to provide for those who look to Him for help. Finally, in this brief uni-verse, the Lord promises to keep our feet from stumbling and falling. He keeps us from making grave mistakes and errors of judgment that could send our career or our reputation hurtling down. Whatever be the situation, we can take shelter under this promise and surrender the issues we are facing into the Lord’s capable hands to handle. The Father rescues us from eternal death. The Holy Spirit comforts and keeps us from tears and the Son Jesus gives us wise counsel to avoid stumbling and falling for He has walked in our ways and knows it intimately. Even should we stumble and fall, Jesus enables us to stand erect and walk again in His way. The Triune God goes ahead of us to clear the way, to remove dangers, to neutralize the risks, smoothen our paths, remove the obstacles. He also accompanies us every step of the way. We are never alone even if we are walking in the valley of the shadow of death. Many are experiencing this grace around the world as affected by Covid, they are away even from their loved ones and recovering in isolation.