The Hostages Kissed the Ground
IllustrationHistorical AccountAnalogy★★★★WHEN the American hostages came home from Iran on January 20, 1981, the first thing they did when they got off the plane was kiss the ground. No matter what star or achievement they had earned in the armed services, when they hit the ground from Iran, they bowed down. Home sweet home. Putting their clean lips on that dirty tarp, they kissed it. They went down. Because they knew where they had been and they knew where they were now. You know why folks stop bowing? Because they forget where they’ve come from. They forget that they have been hostages in Satan’s territory, and now they have been made free.
The point
American hostages returning from Iran kiss the ground in gratitude and humility; parallels spiritual freedom from Satan's captivity and the need to remember God's deliverance.