Elsie’s father was an engineer on the railroad. One dark night, as the train roared along the track through the countryside, he had to step outside the cab onto the platform to check some part on the engine. He slipped, lost his balance and began to fall. Somehow, he could not account for it, he grasped part of the railing and was able to swing himself back to safety.
At the end of the trip, very early in the morning, he reached his home and taking off his shoes so as not to awaken his family, he went quietly upstairs.
Just as he tip-toed past little Elsie’s room, her door opened, and his little girl slipped out and flung her arms around him. As he picked her up in his strong arms, she exclaimed: “Oh Daddy, I’m so glad to see you! I had such a bad dream about you in the night. I dreamed you had been killed on the tracks. I woke up and got out of bed, I knelt down and asked God to take care of you!”
The engineer knew then how he had been spared from falling to his death in the night. God had laid it upon his little girl’s heart to pray for him and He had answered her prayer.
Dear boys and girls, you are not too young to pray to God and make requests to Him, if you ask in faith. He will hear each prayer of faith and will surely answer in His own time and way. If you do not know His dear Son as your Saviour you may well pray the prayer of the publican, “God be merciful to me a sinner,” Luke 18:1313And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (Luke 18:13); or Peter’s prayer, “Lord, save me.” Matthew 14:3030But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. (Matthew 14:30). Then when you are saved you can go straight to God as your loving Father and ask of Him in the name of the Lord Jesus. “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:1616Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16).
ML 07/07/1968