Dramatic rescue (2) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

There is none righteous, no, not one; there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.
Romans 3:10–12

Dramatic rescue (2)
November 28, 1951, 7:15 pm. The Teeswood is stranded on a sandbank off the coast of Borkum: cast down – as if struck by death. A gap is already forming between the bridge and the forecastle, which grows larger with each breaker. The ship is in danger of break apart.

Among the sailors stands a young man, soaked to the bone, his eyes wide with fear. He has gone to sea like his father and grandfather before him. He is proud to have been able to help in the galley and serve in the mess hall. He enjoys being on board. But now everything is in turmoil.

He sees the lights of the island of Borkum and the flashes of the lighthouse – steady, tireless, and somehow reassuring. But then he feels the storm tugging at him, sees the huge breakers crashing over the ship, and feels small, helpless and powerless. No, he can’t imagine a boat coming to rescue them in this storm.

Even today’s verse sounds hopeless. It says “none” and “not one” meets God’s standards to receive eternal life – this applies to “all” and all “together”. The description is honest and clear and without any hope. A few verses later it says again: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. But then the verse continues, “being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:23–24).

So redemption is possible! And this is through Jesus Christ. He is the only way of salvation – for mankind’s hopeless situation!

(to be continued tomorrow)

Today’s reading: Hosea 7:1-16 · James 3:13-18