The Lifeguard Who Could Hear Every Cry
Story★★★★A pastor says: “A friend of mine said to a lifeguard at a great bathing beach, ‘How can you tell when anyone is in need of help when there are thousands of bathers on the beach and in the water making a perfect medley of sounds?’ He answered, ‘No matter how great the noise and confusion, there has never been a single time when I could not distinguish the cry of distress above it all. I can always tell it.’ And that is exactly like God. In the midst of the babel and confusion He never fails to hear the soul that cries out to Him for help amid the breakers and storms of life.”
The point
A pastor notes that a lifeguard can distinguish a distress cry among thousands of bathers; similarly, God hears the soul's cry for help amid life's chaos and storms.
Scripture
Psalm 139
Audience
Adults
Tone
Comforting · Encouraging
To tell aloud
under a minute · 146 words