I was looking for a house to rent and went to look at one that was advertised. A very pleasant woman was in charge and kindly showed me over the place, answering all my questions.
As I was looking, my eye caught sight of an old torn Bible lying on the stairs. It looked as if it said, “They didn’t think me worth taking away. So here I am, the good Book, containing most blessed news from God about His Son.”
I picked it up and asked my guide what Book it was.
“Oh,” she said, “I’m sure it’s a very good book.”
“How do you know it’s a very good book?”
“It tells us good things about heaven, about God.”
“Are you afraid of God?”
“Yes I am!” replied the woman. Then added, “About the only One I am afraid of.”
“That shows you do not know Him,” was my answer. “He is the One who gave His Son to die for just such as you and me. Why are you afraid of One who did that for you?”
I read her one or two passages, and she promised to take the old Bible home and look into it for herself. She asked me to mark a couple of verses that had particularly impressed her. They were, For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).) And, The blood of Jesus Christ HIS SON cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).)
Are you afraid of Him? Do you mentally say, “I am! I dread the thought of meeting a holy God, I am such a sinner”?
Take comfort! Christ died for sinners, and if you go to Him He will never cast you out.
“Remember now thy Creator
in the days of thy youth, while the
evil days come not, nor the years
draw nigh, when thou shalt say,
I have no pleasure in them.”