In recent years there has been much talk and admiration for those who work in the career fields of emergency services. A first responder is a person with specialized training who is among the first to arrive and provide assistance and/or aid at the scene of an emergency, such as an accident, natural disaster, or terrorism. First responders typically include law enforcement officers, Paramedics, EMT's and firefighters. Medical personnel are also being honored for their heroic efforts in these trying times. They absolutely provide a valuable service in our community. Have you ever had to call 911? If you ever find yourself in a position to need assistance of any kind, there are those who have devoted themselves 24/7. We are thankful to have them serving in such a way.
Have you ever thought that we too are “first responders”? Everything we do and say is in response to someone or something, and our responses carry weight and influence.
Rom 8:31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Rom 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
