UNDER THE RUBBLE

Neal Pollard

It is the worst earthquake since 1770, several years before the end of the Revolutionary War.  The epicenter was 10 miles west of the capital city, approximately the same population as Houston, Texas, or Chicago, Illinois.  There have been dozens of aftershocks ranging from 4.2 to 5.9, the earthquake itself registering an incredible 7.0.  There are no construction standards in the third-world country, and the city’s mayor had declared about 60 percent of the city’s buildings unsafe following the collapse of a suburban school building little more than a year ago.
Haiti, already accustomed to hardship and poverty, is in unimaginable shambles.  Thousands of lives have already been confirmed as lost and it is disconcerting to contemplate what the final tally will be.  This disaster was no respecter of persons, killing foreigners, the wealthy, and the powerful along with the poor, obscure natives.  Hospitals, upscale apartments, government buildings, and palaces, along with shanties, collapsed in on themselves. There have been those who were buried alive that have been recovered, but many more are simply buried under the rubble.

I have only seen a few images of the earthquake, but they are certainly sad and graphic.  The faces photographed portray so many raw emotions.  It is difficult to imagine what these poor people are enduring.  There is no greater physical loss than loss of physical life.

Do you ever wonder how different our reaction toward soul-winning would be if we could see sin as God sees it.  The Omniscient One sees every sinner all around the world, many of whom are buried under the rubble of destructive lifestyles.  He watches with perfect perception all the graphic details.  He sees those buried under their pornography addictions, the unfaithfulness of their adulteries, those with their cursing, tobacco, alcohol, and gambling habits, those buried under the practices of false religions and false teachings, and on and on.  While all of us sin, those of us saved by the blood of Christ must be part of the great rescue operation of those in danger of dying under the rubble of unforgiven sin.  May we awake to the fact that the loss of the soul is infinitely greater than even the tragedy of the magnitude of these events to our south that bring tears to our eyes!

Author: preacherpollard

preacher,Cumberland Trace church of Christ, Bowling Green, Kentucky View all posts by preacherpollard