God 911 Calls
Everyone, including the Governor and the
Mayor of New York, agrees on one thing - nothing less than a miracle happened on
Thursday, January 15th. An airliner carrying over 150 people landed safely on
the Hudson River in New York after suffering catastrophic failure in both
engines. All of the mainstream media is hailing the Pilot as a hero for saving
the lives of his passengers and crew. I agree that the Pilot did do a superb
job of remaining calm in the storm. However, I think there was a little more to
this story that missed the headlines. I listened carefully to several of the
survivors who kept repeating, “We all just started praying”. Imagine that,
collective, focused prayers going heavenward at the same exact moment. A sort
of God-911 call placed by a whole lot of folks at the very same moment in time.
“God, help us.” “Hurry, Lord, before we all drown.” “Dear God, save us.”
Imagine the angels who were monitoring those incoming calls for help as they
sprang into action. “Lord, come quickly. People are calling for You on the
Hudson River. Some of whom have never called on You before. Shall we go down
to spread some peace and comfort among them?”
God replies, “No, I’ll go – the world needs to experience a miracle. Let them
see, firsthand, that I Am with them always.”
That is what prayer can do and it doesn’t have to be a 911-prayer call. It
doesn’t even require an urgent, “save me, God” plea. It can be as a simple
spoken or unspoken prayer, “A little help here, Lord. We need Your guidance
today, Your presence and Your peace to sustain us”. To God, every prayer is
critical and requires immediate attention when we call out to Him. Miracles
happen everyday but it just doesn’t get the media “miracle” treatment. We must
remember that no matter what, He is with us always, and that alone is a miracle
in itself.
Michele Starkey