Send Help

“And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.”Acts 16:9

There is a sign in big, bold letters that says, “SEND HELP.” It can be purchased and kept in your car or house and in case of trouble can be placed in a window of one’s car or house. It is a call for help in addition to a 9-1-1 call. I heard of a real life happening when there was some sort of emergency. Someone cried out, “Call 9-1-1.” The panicked reply was “I’ll do it on my cell phone. Quick! What’s that number? How do you dial it?”

As Luke writes the account of this vision crying out, as it were “SEND HELP,” he says, “And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia…”Acts16:10   The first person saved as a result of their response was a merchant lady named Lydia, of the city of Thyatira. She is the first recorded European convert. Then there was the girl possessed with the spirit of divination, followed by the Philippian Jailer and his household. The response to the call to send help has resulted in the salvation of millions of people from that day to this, including mine and my family’s salvation, and most of the saved people I know.

The call to “send help” is a very real call and comes from the heart of God. It comes from the cross. It comes from the empty tomb. It is a call from the lost family next door and the villages around the world. Isaiah heard the voice of God saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Isaiah said, “Here am I, send me.” Isaiah 6:8