Following a gospel address, a lady approached the preacher and said, "Sir, you are always saying 'Take, take!' Is there any place in the Bible where it says 'Take,' or is it only a word you use? I have been looking in the Bible but cannot find it."
" 'And the Spirit and the Bride say, come, and let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.' "
"Well," she said, "I never saw that before. Is that all I have to do?"
"Yes, the Bible says so."
And she took it right away.
All of us at some time in our past history have imagined we had to give God something. And did you ever stop to ask yourself, will God take it? Dear reader, do not trust your own thoughts as to this question, for as a means of salvation, God cannot accept anything we have done or may do in the future. God is the GIVER, we must be the receivers, and until we TAKE from Him, all the works of righteousness which we have done are in His holy eyes as "filthy rags." (Isa. 64:66But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6)).
Oh, take with rejoicing from Jesus at once The life everlasting He gives!
And know with assurance thou never cant die Since Jesus thy righteousness lives.