Memory Verse: “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” Psalm 40:2
When Don drove his car into the auto repair shop he was all excited.
“What’s the matter?” asked the mechanic. “Need your brakes fixed?”
“No,” answered Don.
“Wheel alignment?”
“No,” answered Don again.
“Well, what’s the matter?”
“I have a cat under my car and I can’t get him out!” And sure enough just then they heard a “meow” coming from underneath the car.
“The cat’s been under there ever since I left home earlier this, morning. I tried getting him out with a stick, but I think he’s too scared to come out,” remarked Don.
Yes, the little kitten was so scared he didn’t know what to do, so he just cried “meow!” This reminds us of Psalms 40:1 where it says, “I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.”
Children, if you do not know the Lord Jesus as your Saviour your danger is far greater than this little kitten’s. We have sinned against the Lord Jesus, and those sins will take us into a lost eternity unless we cry to Him in faith to save us.
The mechanic raised Don’s car up on the hoist so they could look up under it. Sure enough, there was the kitty wedged in on top of the gas tank.
In no time at all the mechanic reached up there and rescued little kitty from his place of danger and set him down on the ground.
And now we are reminded of Psalms 40:2. “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit... and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” This is exactly what the Lord Jesus did for each one who will accept Him, when He suffered and died on Calvary’s cross. Why? Because He loves us and wants to save us from our awful sinful condition if we will only let Him.
Now the little kitty was running around on the firm garage floor. In our verse it says, “He... set my feet upon a rock.” And 1 Corinthians 10:4 explains that “that Rock was Christ.” How necessary it is for us to build our lives on a firm foundation — the Lord Jesus Christ.
As they stood talking, the little kitten came and rubbed up against the mechanic’s pant leg and purred as if to say, “Thank you for saving me.”
Boys and girls, have you let the Lord Jesus save you from your sins, and then have you thanked Him for saving you? Oh how He loves to hear “thank you” from you and me. “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.” 2 Corinthians 9:15.
ML-04/10/1988