More and more we see AED's placed in strategic places, often near coffeee shops where folks like to hang out or even in sports centers where people like to "keep fit," playing rigorous matches of pickle ball , badminton and the like. I've heard they've been effectively used.
Being jolted back to life with an Automated Exernal Defibrallator (AED) would be a mercy to many heart attack survivors. This machine may not necessarily be termed 'life support' but it does help restart the heart and bring life back to the person.
At hospitals, other machines can 'take over' to help sustain organ functions during critical illness until, hopefully ... prayerfully, the body will be able to kick back in and do the work for itself.
These life support measures are generally understood to be for temporary usage. A stop gap until health returns, or that most traumatic and complex decision has to be made to halt these interventions.
In Paul's address to the Areopagus men of Athens, he speaks of the one true God. He tells them that,
"In Him we live and move and have our being; for we are indeed His offspring" (vs 28).
God provided life support for us; that is, the everlasting life we have through Jesus (see John 3:16). Note the word 'everlasting'. This is not a temporary measure, but a life long and eternal one.
Jesus has provided us life support by bringing us the gift of salvation. God has given us all assurance of this
"by raising [Jesus] from the dead."
Jesus' death brought us life and His resurrection from the dead brought us assurance of this everlasting life.
Some of those thinkers of Athens believed Paul's words - that message of Jesus and the one true God. I hope and pray more will find this 'jolt to life eternal' today too.
And for those of us who already have this "Life Support" that we will treasure it and live to please the Lord and so show our gratitude and thankfulness to Him.
~ ERC March 2026 ~
Based on Acts 17:28 & 31 ESV.
Sing, How Deep the Father's Love For Us, along with Stuart Townend.
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