The Pit We Don't See!

There is a field where everything looks peaceful — sunlight on the grass, leaves rustling in the breeze, nothing out of the ordinary. But hidden beneath a layer of twigs and branches is a deep pit. Someone evil placed it there, hoping to trap innocent children who wander too close. No one knows it exists… except you.

God has given you a glimpse of the future, and in that vision you see your own child walking across that field. You watch him fall through the camouflage and land on a narrow wooden ledge six feet down. He’s shaken but alive. You know what will happen next — in just a few minutes he will slip, fall deeper, and die.

So you run to him. You warn him. You plead with him. But he pushes back. He’s defiant, frustrated, convinced you’re overreacting. Every attempt to help is met with anger. If the fall would only bruise him, maybe you’d step back and let him learn. But this fall is fatal. You cannot stay silent.

You show up with a rope. You offer rescue. But pride rises in him like a wall.

“I can climb out myself. Leave me alone. Stop interfering with my life.”

You try again. He refuses again.

And then — just as you saw — his foot slips. He falls. And he dies.

Was it your fault?

Could you have done more?

No. You tried. You warned. You reached. But he would not receive help. Rescue requires humility. Salvation requires surrender. You cannot force someone to want to live.

A Spiritual Reality

This is the picture Scripture paints of Jesus and us.

There is a pit — a real one — the pit of eternal separation from God. It is camouflaged by comfort, pride, distraction, and self‑confidence. Most people don’t see it. Many don’t believe it exists.

But Jesus sees it clearly.

He knows the danger. He knows the end. And He runs toward us with a rope in His hands — mercy, truth, conviction, grace, people He sends into our lives, moments that shake us awake.

He warns us because He loves us.

He reaches because He wants us to live.

He calls because time is short.

But He will not force anyone to be saved. Love never forces. Love invites.

If we harden our hearts, cling to pride, or insist on saving ourselves, we slip from the ledge we thought we could stand on. And when that happens, it will not be His fault. He will weep — but He will honor the choice we made.

A Gentle Invitation

Don’t harden your heart.

Don’t push away the One who sees what you cannot.

Don’t ignore the rope He keeps lowering into your life.

Let Him soften you.

Let Him rescue you.

Let Him bring you into salvation.

He isn’t trying to control you — He’s trying to save you.