"Help" Written in the Snow

“Help” written in the Snow

      The mountains around Bellingham, Washington hold the world's record for snowfall. One year, nearly 100 feet of snow fell on Mount Baker.  All this snowfall makes the area a strikingly beautiful place in the winter.

    A young man named Michael York strapped on a pair of snowshoes. He was going to explore some of this vast area, The snowshoes made it possible for him to walk long distances easily in the deep snow. He hiked for several hours, seeing sights that  thrilled his soul. 

        He went to return. He thought he was on the right trail, but when the heavy cloak of night fell around him he slowly came to the realization he was lost.  He hadn't brought  the proper gear  to sleep out in the cold. Nor did he bring any food.  The cold stabbed at him with icy fingers and hunger gnawed  his inside.  He desperately hoped somebody was  searching for him.  For the life of him, he didn't know which way to turn to escape the wilderness.

    On the fourth day of being lost, a spark of a plan occurred to him that might help him get rescued. He climbed partway up the slope of mountainside to where there was a big clearing of nothing but snow.  Then carefully he trudged through the snow spelling out in giant letters  the word HELP.

    Later in the afternoon the giant letters were seen  by a border patrol helicopter pilot. He notified authorities of the location of the hiker who was later rescued off the mountain.

      The letters were written big enough to draw the attention of the  pilot. The plan worked.  Do you know that the infinite, eternal God is searching for lost souls too.  In love he is seeking souls to come to him and be saved.  His eyes don't miss a thing.  “The eyes of the Lord are in every place ....” 

    No one has to write giant letters in the snow, or do anything of that sort to gain his attention. God knows exactly where each stands,and he also knows that apart from the Lord Jesus  we are lost in sin.  Because we are lost in sin we desperately need HELP.  By ourselves we don't have a clue of how to return to God.  Sinners who never come to Christ will spend eternity lost in hell. Sin has so weakened our hearts, impaired our vision, drained our strength, and puffed up our pride, that we could never find our way back to God if left to ourselves.  When it comes to trying to find God in our own strength, “We grope for the wall like the blind, and grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble  at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.”  (Isa.59.10)

    But praise God he has not left us to ourselves.  He knew we were lost, and in a hopeless condition, and he did something about it.  “The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.” (1 Jn. 4.14) The Lord Jesus left the glories of heaven and came to this earth seeking for lost sinners.  In his life he perfectly revealed God's love in all he said and did. In his death and resurrection he made a  way lost sinners can  return to God.  Through him alone, a sinner can receive all the HELP they  need.  He has healing for the sin-sick soul and salvation for the lost. It is his joy to bring the wanderers home.

    Would you be saved?  Place your faith in Him and the work he did at Calvary. Come to Him just as you are as a sinner lost, cold, hungry, and full of pain.  If you come to him you will receive all the HELP for time and eternity you will ever need. “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”  (I Tim.1.15)