Lifsaving Class

For the last two Saturdays and continuing for the next eight weeks, Samuel is earning the Scouting lifesaving merit badge.  In the first class, he practiced saving someone who is unconscious or a passive victim.   For Samuel, this was easy.  He would turn the victim on his back and tow him to safety.  However, in the second class, he practiced saving an active victim, someone who would make lifesaving assistance difficult.  For Samuel, this was interesting.  His victim was one of his instructors.  This person was taller than Samuel and weighed over three times more than Samuel.  As Samuel approached, the victim grabbed Samuel’s legs with the victim’s legs and grabbed Samuel around the neck dunking Samuel in the water.  Fortunately for Samuel, they were close to the shallow end.  And as these two struggled, they floated toward the shallow end.  Soon, the depth was such that his victim could stand.  That allowed Samuel to complete and task and end his agony. 

Our Savior is coming to our rescue.  We choose how we receive him.  We can respond passively, submissively and humbly and make the process easy.  Or, we can respond with trepidation, with aggression and with desperation and make the process difficult.