“Who Can Save Us From Ourselves?”

“And the Story of a Man Sitting Atop a Volcano”

A man came to me yesterday with terrible sciatic pain. He is suffering to the point that he can hardly walk. And I told him a few things he could easily do to ease his pain and heal, such as lose weight, change his diet, and more. Yet, he decided he would just keep praying and his pain would go away. We are given many ways to heal, aren’t we supposed to use everything God has presented to us?

That reminds me of a story about a man at the top of a mountain that is a powerful volcano that is about to explode. The volcano is spewing ash higher and higher, and the man is praying to God to save him, “God Please Save Me”. And God answers back, “I Will”.

And a little bit later, a mountain climber going down the mountain comes by and tells the man “Grab my rope and I will take you down” and the man says, “No Thanks, God Will Save Me”.

A little while later a skier with a sled comes by with a bullho
and says, “I can put you down in my sled”. And the man yells back, “No Thanks, God Will Save Me”.

4 hours later the volcano is about to explode… and a helicopter flies over and lowers a line and they yell down, “Get in the sling and we will winch you up”. And the man replies, “No Thanks, God Will Save Me”.

And one hour later the volcano explodes, and he catapulted into the air and yelling at God saying, “I Prayed to You To Save Me”. And God answers back, “Well, I sent you a mountain climber… but you would not allow him to help. I sent you a skier but you refused his help. Then I sent you a helicopter and again you refused to get in the sling. What was I supposed to do?”. And at that point, the man disappeared and was gone.

Many times we are sent lots of people who can help.

Yet many of us will not accept help.

What is God Supposed to Do?

So the next time you see a helicopter remember.

Many Blessings to Everyone!

Dr. Paul Haider