"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Acts 2.21

The first priority is to make a mental note that you may call at any time on the Lord Jesus Christ for eternal salvation, whoever you are, especially in an extreme emergency.

Not that it should be an excuse for delay, for the Bible teaches that "now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6.2) and we do not know if we will necessarily live to see another day.

This is a promise for the last days (Acts 2.17). By "the last days" the Bible means the period between the death, resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ and his glorious triumphant return.

Because traumatic events can happen suddenly to an individual or calamity can befall a whole nation you must know that you are free to call upon the Lord Jesus Christ and that, indeed, you should call.

Now is the time when the Holy Spirit is poured out upon all flesh (Acts 2.17). He dwells within believers (John 14.17) and will comfort, instruct and empower them. But now the Holy Spirit has come he also reproves the world of sin (John 16.8). Everyone who is not already committed as a believer to the Lord Jesus Christ comes into this category of "the world".

So, though you may not yet call yourself a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, an understanding of the urgency of a given situation and your desperate need to be right with God before being launched into eternity is the work of the Holy Spirit prompting you before it is too late.

You need not stop to worry about whether you should come to God in repentance and plead the pardon of your sins on the strength of the atoning death of the Lord Jesus Christ. You have the authority of this promise of God to approach Him, urgently.

The nearer the time comes to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, the worse the times will get. These are perilous times (2 Timothy 3.1). Just before the very end, "the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2.20-21).

The worse the times, the greater the urgency. Don't delay. The way of salvation through Christ lies open.

If you have a Bible, and have time, read Acts 2 16-21. And, if you wish, check the other places mentioned.