Who We Need

Two people meet in a saloon back in the Old West. To them it isn't 'old' anything just the West or perhaps 'home', but that's beside the point. As is common in such meetings they begin swapping stories. In this case, the stories are about how bad he or she had it during that one year. The other one strives to top the story with another tale of woe from his or her past. We can tell from our view through that digital broadcast-quality camera all the old time saloons seemed to have that much suffering has happened in both lives.The question is of course who is going to help these poor unfortunates.

We do the same thing and who we need now is the same as the One they needed back in the day. We need Jesus. We need Him because our first tendency is to look to the self and what he or she has to offer to fix the situation. Usually that inventory comes up woefully short of a solution, and then we look to that other person who, as it turns out, has equal or greater woes of his/her own. We all want to be that super-wonder man or woman who has not only the solutions for his or her problems in this life, but also the solutions for our friends, relatives, politicians, government leaders and the fellow we just met on the street. The times we can help another person are a great privilege, but the One we must give credit for that ability is the same One we need in our times of trouble.

In all times, good or bad, we need the One who saves, Jesus our Lord.

Bucky