The Time is URGENT!!

                                                                                                                                          By: Maxine M.

Warnings abound as the growing storms strengthened & started to advance

Get prepared!! Get to higher ground, it’s a life or death matter…don’t take a chance

Forecasters stressed over and over the importance of a “get ready now” stance

They had daily studied the weather maps & The Time is URGENT!!equipment, keeping a vigilant eye

Their information is very reliable, trust the reports, we all need to listen to their cry

They see the potential danger, advise against complacency…don’t try to just get by

Warnings can’t change what’s coming, but they can tell you WHAT nature has in store

Those in a storm’s path are vulnerable to its strength & violence coming ashore

But the LISTENER must make the final choice, to heed the warning or simply ignore

Many choose to disregard the warnings, thinking, oh I’m sure I’ll be alright

Those forecasters always OVERSTATE the facts, they like to be dramatic…fill people with fright

I’m pretty well prepared, I can survive on precooked food and candle light

Then, just as PREDICTED, the storm struck, wind & water bringing uncertainty & fear

Unceasing rain overfilled dams & reservoirs, the danger was persistently clear

The need for rescues was APPARENT as people clung to roofs & trees, clutching what they held most dear

The work was endless, shelters overcrowded, drinking water & food in short supply

Rescuers came from all over to help, SAVE others…urgency running high

They considered, ‘but for the Grace of God this could be me’…gratitude I’d apply

But the rain & wind kept coming, water levels rising higher than ever before

The wind destroyed what was considered “safe”…nature giving a furious roar

Former warnings resounded in victims’ ears, now it was “WHAT am I in for?”

When Adam and Eve disobeyed, SIN entered the CREATED world of mankind

But in His mercy, He sent warnings to repent, turn away from sin, leave disobedience behind

He inspired chosen men over the generations to write down His will…articulately designed

His Holy Book expresses HOPE, His love and forgiveness, the Godly way we are to live and grow

But also clearly states the consequences of NOT accepting & following His Son; instead, listening to God’s evil foe

Warnings abound for rejecting the Son’s Sacrifice, in which the Father’s agape love shows

Just as the weather forecasters didn’t sit on what their Hi-tech equipment would tell

We, as a child of God, are to spread the warnings…ring the alarm bell

We’re to show them Jesus, disclose to them their DECISION will determine where they will eternally dwell

God told Ezekiel he was to be the watchman on the wall for Israel in his day

To keep his eyes open, look for danger, then sound the warning without delay

A lazy military watchman would be, with his own life, required to pay  

And now, down over the generations since Ezekiel, WE ALSO have this commission to undertake

To watch & warn, spread the message of Salvation, and in the joy of rescuing the lost partake

Pull those caught in Satan’s grip to freedom, plead for them their sinfulness forsake

Now, UNLIKE the victims of recent storms, it’s not always clearly seen whom needs to be made new

Since an unbeliever isn’t always the evil movie villain or the childhood bully you once knew

They may seem to be just normal people, but without a serious spiritual point of view

For many are totally unaware of what ignoring Jesus’ life changing call will mean

They don’t understand that ONLY the blood of Christ’s sacrifice can make a soul clean

They have rejected God’s offer of rescue; that He paid for those sins you thought were unseen

How, in agony & pain on that cross, the burden of our ugly guilt our Saviour bore

He died, was buried, rose again, ascended to Heaven and will soon Rapture His children to Heaven’s door

The world will be cast into chaos & tribulation…all those who the Godly warnings would ignore

So WE need to step up our warning message of rescue to those still LOST in unbelief

The time is urgent!! Judgement WILL be coming like an unexpected midnight thief

TODAY spread the warning, help rescue all we can from the world’s coming grief