A Visit From Space

One day a space ship landed in the middle of a huge field just outside a small, rural community. The aliens looked friendly enough, so some farmers cautiously approached them, hoping to establish a good relationship with them. The aliens greeted the earthlings warmly and said, "We are on a mission from the planet Zuron of the galaxy Andromeda. We have been assigned to explore your planet and to discover what you have learned. We are here to learn as much as we can about the planet earth. So tell us, has anything significant happened here on earth that you can tell us about?"

The farmers thought for a moment and then one spoke up and said, "Well we have radio and TV! We can send radio and microwave signals all over the planet using satellites." The aliens replied, "Oh, well we have had that for thousands for years. In fact, that technology has become quite obsolete. What else has happened?"

Again, the farmers scratched their heads and one said, "We have developed computers that can process information in seconds that used to take years. And these computers are small enough to be carried in a briefcase!"

"Well, that's old news, too," said the aliens. "Hasn't anything extraordinary happened here?"

The farmers were still thinking, when one of the aliens asked, "We have heard a rumour that God visited your planet many years ago. Is this rumour true?"

"Well, there was a man named Jesus Christ. He claimed...."

"Yes! That's it. Jesus Christ! Did He really come? the aliens asked excitedly.

"Yes, said the farmers, but..."

"What an extraordinary thing! What a wonderful thing!" exclaimed the aliens. "Tell us, what did you do when God visited your planet? Did you bring gifts and throw them at His feet? Did you run the streets celebrating and singing? Did all the world finally realise how much He loves them? Please, tell us, what did you do?"

The farmers pondered for a moment and then sheepishly said, "Um.... we killed Him."

TO THINK ABOUT.......

What are you doing with Christ? Are you celebrating? Telling the world? Is He alive in your life and are you enthusiastically living for Him?

The Bible says that if we don't praise God and bring glory to Him, the rest of the creation will (even aliens from other galaxies, if they exist!) God has visited our planet in the form of His only Son, Jesus Christ. Let's serve Him and celebrate!


Extracted from More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks
compiled by Wayne Rice
Zondervan Publishing House 1995