This post is the second in a month-long series on the Miracle of Dunkirk, a call to all-in, bring-your-boat, daring and courageous orphan care inspired by the But If Not campaign of Sage Harvest Gourmet Jerky. Join the cause to stage the NEW greatest rescue mission in modern history — the Miracle in China.

They owned a boat, and they said yes.

At the most basic level, the Miracle of Dunkirk occurred because more than 700 to 800 boat owners heard the need, responded to the call and got in the water to be part of the rescue of nearly 350,000 Allied Forces who had been cut off and surrounded on the beaches of Dunkirk … and who, without being evacuated, would perish.

The 338,000 Allied Forces didn’t survive the Battle of France because these civilian boat owners were well equipped.

They didn’t survive because their rescuers brought the best ship captains with the most experience with the best boats fitted with the best resources.

Some 338,000 Allied Forces lived because ordinary people got in ordinary boats and trusted an extraordinary, “but if” God to USE THEM to do some out-of-this world, extraordinary things.

When it comes to the battle for the 600,000 mostly special needs orphans living in social welfare centers in China, not all of us can be on the front lines, but all of us can do something.

If we want to see the Miracle in China, we’ve got to be willing to get in our boats and say yes to our God — no matter the size, condition or experience of our boats. We need to do it with courage … or just courageously do it afraid.

Because in His hands, even the smallest vessels can do the biggest things.

This post is the first in a month-long series on the Miracle of Dunkirk, a call to all-in, bring-your-boat, daring and courageous orphan care inspired by the But If Not campaign of Sage Harvest Gourmet Jerky. Join the cause to stage the NEW greatest rescue mission in modern history — the Miracle in China.