A gentleman who loved the Lord Jesus and sought to bring others to a sense of their need of Him, stepped into a shop where the owner was busy working, and said abruptly,
“Did you expect me?”
“No,” was the reply.
“What if I had been death?” he questioned, and at once stepped out again as suddenly as he went in.
What a question! What a thought for every one of us! Does not death come to most, if not all, as unexpectedly as this? And if one is not prepared for death—has not yet accepted the Lord Jesus as his or her Saviour, it will mean an eternity of woe—an eternity in the blackness of darkness forever.
The Lord Jesus is coming—it may be at any moment, but only those who are ready—who have accepted His gift of eternal life, will hear His shout and go to meet Him in the air,
Those who are not taken with Him, will be left behind for certain judgment in hell, with the devil and his angels.
Why not come to Jesus now, and take Him as your Saviour, and then you will “be ready” should the Lord Jesus come or death overtake you, as unexpectedly as this gentleman came to the shop owner?
Then Death, should it come, will be but the servant to conduct you into the Father’s Home of eternal bliss.
ML 04/07/1946