More than once have I seen a sign in a store window “Boy Wanted.” Two verses of Scripture come to my mind when I. see those words.
There are three things that a boy is usually anxious to know when he looks for a job. 1. Who is to be his master? 2. What kind of work will he be expected to do? 3, What wages will he be paid?
Now will every boy and girl who reads this story please think of these things. If you come to tire Lord Jesus and take Him as your Saviour, will He be a good Master to serve? You know He will. And what kind of work will He want you to do? He says, “My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:3030For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:30). It is true you may be laughed at if you belong to Jesus and try to serve Him, but it is a very, very happy path. And what are His wages? He gives eternal life as a gift, not as wages. But when we serve and follow Him, we find that He delights to bless us and to cheer and comfort us with His own presence.
We are anxious that this “Good Master” should become yours, for you will never be sorry if He does.
If the Lord Jesus is not your Saviour and Master, then you have the devil for your master, And the devil is anything but a kind master, although may offer you all kinds of sinful pleasures to tempt you to follow him. His wages are sorrow and misery and death, followed by endless weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Listen to the words of the Lord Jesus— He who has proved His deep love for sinners by giving up His own life blood on the cross— “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. and I will give you rest.” Matt, 11:28. “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37).
ML 11/19/1950