George was out looking for a job. He went bravely from store to store but no one seemed to be in need of a boy and he began to walk more slowly and to feel a bit discouraged. Suddenly he spied a sign in the door of a bookstore across the street. There were just two words on the sign but they were just what George had been looking for, “BOY WANTED.”
He hurried across the street and took the card down. He tucked it under his arm and walked into the store and asked for the manager. As soon as he met him, he held up the sign and said, “Please, sir, did you hang this card up?”
“Yes, and why did you take it down?”
“Please, sir, I’m the boy.”
The gentleman smiled, put the card away in his desk and started George to work right away. George applied the matter personally and he got the job.
God’s Word says, “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Rev. 22: 1 7.
That sign just said “BOY WANTED.” It didn’t say “GEORGE WANTED” but George knew that he was a boy and he said to himself, “That means me.”
“Whosoever will believe, and that means me.”
ML 04/30/1950