I have a vivid memory of a news story that occurred over 20 years ago. It was a story about a man who was a skydiver that wore a “helmet cam.” It was his job to video tape the formations of competitive parachute teams. The newscast shared video of this man’s fifth and final jump of the day. The formations were all completed, and as each skydiver pulled their rip-cord and rose out of site, it came time for the photographer to pull his rip-cord. Suddenly, you could see the helmet cam quickly jerking back and forth… something was obviously wrong. Believe it or not, the problem was that in all the hustle and bustle, after four previous jumps that day, this camera man jumped out of the plane, forgetting to put on his parachute!
Imagine what a sickening, hopeless feeling it must have been for that man when he came to the realization he had exited the plane without his parachute. If you think that is bad, think of how sickening and hopeless it will be for countless people when they realize they exited life without Jesus.
Friends, if you wouldn’t sit idly by, saying or doing nothing as a person jumped out of an airplane without a parachute, then would you sit idly by as someone exited this world without Jesus? Speak up! Let your voice be heard! The news you possess is urgent and souls hang in the balance.
– Steve Higginbotham