Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry." Hebrews 10:3737For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. (Hebrews 10:37). No doubt many of our dear readers may remember that this precious text was used recently upon two separate occasions in the "Messages of Love",—namely on Sept. 26th and Oct. 10th.
Two weeks intervene, in which these same words were repeated. Many of us can and do repeat them to ourselves and to others. What grace that we are enabled to do so, and with what happy expectation!
Did it ever occur to you, dear ones, that as we read these precious words from time to time, we are really and truly that much nearer to the fulfilment of this text, "Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry"?
You will remember that the picture of Oct. 10th shows a mother with her baby boy on her back looking for someone, and this "someone" was their very own. The day had been only "a little while", though no doubt it had seemed long to them, but now they were really looking for the one they both loved.
Dear children, the day is far spent, and our blessed Lord is coming in "a little while". Are we really looking for Him? Would we love to hear His blessed voice? Is it the greatest desire of our hearts to see our precious Saviour who loved us, and who so delighted to do His Father's will that He died for us, the Just for the unjust that He might bring us to God?
All this brings to mind a little nephew of ours, Ernest by name, about 7 years of age. Last summer we had promised to visit the family, and wrote to them the day we expected to go, but could not tell the hour in which we would arrive there. On driving up to their house, the first one we saw was little Ernest watching for us. He saw us, and knew who we were, though he had never seen us before. He knew we belonged to Him.
We were told that he was up early that morning, and had gone out on the front porch to watch for us, and there he stayed. At noon he did not want to go in for his lunch, but asked his mother to bring it out on the porch to him. He watched and waited until he was rewarded by being one of the first to see us arrive. It would have been useless to tell this little fellow that we were not coming, for we had written we were coming, he believed us, and so he watched and waited for us.
O, dear children, are you watching and waiting for any one with the same sure and certain expectancy? If you know the Lord Jesus Christ the Saviour of sinners, as your own Saviour, you may watch and wait for Him, for He has said, "Behold, I come quickly," and while He has not told us the year, month, day nor hour in which He will come, we know He is coming very soon.
Messages of God’s Love 12/5/1926