The Plan
“I’ve got your back”…” I’ve got your six”… both statements mean the same thing and they both imply that someone else has taken the responsibility of “helping” us in some way or another if we need em. I tried thinking back over my lifetime of the few people that “had my back” when i really needed help. Yeah…i can recall a few … as I’m sure you can, too. None of us are “self-sufficient”…we’ve all needed a helping hand at least a time or two, whether we’ll admit it or not. I got another word that goes along with this … “contingency” … a provision for an unforeseen event or circumstance. A “back-up plan”, if you will. In this life, we will have unforeseen circumstances arise that will call for actions that maybe we weren’t “ready” for. That’s why it’s always important to have a contingency plan … just in case. We’ve been told to put a little money back for that rainy day…not to put all our eggs in one basket…leave ourselves an out…not to count our chickens before they hatch…and how a bird in the hand is worth two in that bush. Every one of these old sayings resulted from someone seeing the need to plan ahead and make wise choices…”before” the need arose and they were “caught holdin the bag” or “with their pants down”. I’m tellin you, whoever originally came up with some o’ these sayins oughta have their hand shook and a plaque on the wall acknowledging their names. Sayin all that to say this … “What’s your contingency plan for your last-taken breath on this earth ? Do you have a back-up plan if everything you’ve believed doesn’t pan out ? Is there someone in your life that’s gonna “have your back”? I’m gonna love you enough to tell you the truth ! Anything other than faith in Christ is gonna get you a packed seat in Hell ! If you think you’re “bad”, “invincible” or “untouchable”…you’re gonna find out you were only fooling yourself along with a handful of friends. There is but one name under heaven given to men ( that’s me, you and everyone that’s ever been born ) by which we can be saved…and that name is “Jesus” ! ( Acts 4:12 ) NOT your name or your mama’s…not Billy Graham’s or Charlie Kirk’s…not Paul the Apostle’s or even Mary’s, the “mother of God”. Jesus tells us all, in ( John 14:6 ), “ I am the way, the truth and the life…nobody comes to the Father ( literally, figuratively or otherwise ) except through Me.” Sure…you can ignore Jesus’ statement and anything else that points to his message of salvation…but when your end comes, if your faith wasn’t “in Him”, you won’t have anyone to “have your back”, and any “contingency plan” you’ve contrived will prove to be “not worth the paper it’s written on.”