A train was just about to start from a large railway station. A lady came hurrying along the platform carrying some parcels and a few flowers. A ticket checker accosted her with the question, "Where are you going?”
Naming the place where she was going, he said,
"All right, get in here!”
When the official asked her where she was going, she didn't say that she didn't know. She knew where she was going, and she gave to her questioner no evasive reply.
Where are you going? You know the meaning of this question, don't you? You know it doesn't mean what place in the city, or what town in the country are you going to. It means, Are you going where the Lord Jesus is, or are you going where the Christ rejecters are? Don't say that you don't know. You know whether you have accepted Christ, or whether you haven't. And your destiny will be shaped by your attitude to Him. He is the goal of the believing heart. To reject Him is to seal your doom. The woman knew where she was going. You also ought to know where you are going—whether you are on the road that leads Heavenwards or Hell wards.
Where are you going? Don't say that you don't want to be insulted. No insult is intended. When the uniformed official asked the woman the question she didn't look on his inquiry as an insult. She didn't blaze up and tell him not to speak to her. He asked her a courteous question. She answered it in a thankful way. Have you ever blazed up when somebody has spoken to you about your soul? Some people do get so angry! You may be one of those, but doest thou well to be angry?
Where are you going? The woman answered readily. She knew that the inquirer was seeking her interest. So do those that speak to you in Jesus' Name about your soul. They have your welfare at heart. They would like to see you saved. Just as the railway official set before the woman an open door, and said, "get in here," so those who seek your soul's good wish to point you to the open Door. Christ is the Door. He says, "I am the Door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved." John 10:99I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (John 10:9). Permit the question once again: Where are you going? Face it, and answer it now.