ALFRED had had a severe injury. The wound that resulted was not very serious, but it was extremely painful. Alfred was a brave boy, but he found it difficult to endure the pain, as he lay upon his back in bed for a week or two.
Among those who came to see him during the time he was laid aside, was a Christian marl, a friend of Alfred’s father. He talked to the little invalid for a while, and then asked him, in a gentle voice: “Suppose you had been struck on your head instead of on your leg, and you had been killed like poor T— , would you have gone to be with Jesus?”
Now Alfred knew perfectly well what the man meant. From his earliest boyhood he had heard the Word of God read, and the gospel preached, but somehow or other he had never come to a point where he could say that he was saved. He believed all the Bible said about the Lord Jesus Christ, but to believe on Him as one’s own Saviour is quite a different thing from this. So Alfred said nothing in reply to the visitor’s question.
“You see, Alfred, God loves you, and wants you to be His child, He has mercifully preserved your life, but He has allowed you to be hurt. Perhaps this is in order that you may have time to think about it all.”
After the visitor had gone, Alfred did think. And he did more than think. As a boy who was a sinner, he trusted Jesus as his Saviour, and believed that His precious blood could cleanse him. This is how he got saved. The sinner who trusts the Saviour thus is always saved.
So it was by means of an injury that God spoke to Alfred. Perhaps He is speaking to you by means of the words you are now reading!
“Come to the Saviour, make no delay;
Here is His Word He has shown us the way;
Here in our midst He’s standing today,
Tenderly saying, Come.”
ML-09/01/1935