“When I am asked to arrange my affairs and give my final directions, when the doctor shakes his head and says, ‘I can do no more,’ when my family and friends move softly about my sickroom and speak in hushed tones-then it will be time enough for me to ask for mercy. I shall pray and get pardoned at the last.”
And so she kept putting off that vital decision for Christ until “the last.” But life does not always go according to our plans. She died suddenly, struck down and unconscious, and all that medical technology could do failed to restore her to consciousness for even one minute. Silently and sadly her immortal spirit passed into the unseen world without even a prayer. She had put off the salvation of her soul until a dying hour. That terrible hour had come-and she was not ready.
Can you think of anything worse than to leave your home, your family and friends, to pass into the shadow of death with no Savior’s arm to lean on, no Savior’s precious blood to trust in, no Savior’s love to cheer the soul with light and peace and joy? If you want to be safe for eternity and ready for death at any moment, get saved now!
Don’t say, “I shall pray and get pardoned at the last.”
Don’t even think it!
Like that poor woman, death may come to you in a form that deprives you of power to speak or even to think before you breathe your last.