Bobby finds his pleasures in blowing bubbles, and chasing them through the garden. They are very pretty to look at while they last, but that is only for a minute or two, and when Bobby attempts to grasp them in his hand they are gone. Bubbles therefore are very useless things after all. They please for a moment and pass away.
I have known boys and girls, and men and women too, who were very fond of chasing bubbles. Not exactly the soap and water kind, that Bobby chases, but bubbles every bit as difficult to get hold of.
Some are chasing the bubble of pleasure, very pretty while it lasts, yet never can get enough to satisfy, and then at death, it is gone.
Others chase the bubble of riches; they want to be wealthy and great in this world. So eager are they to get hold of this great bubble of riches, that they lose their souls in the attempt to reach it, and then die poor, with no provision for eternity. How foolish it is to chase these poor bubbles which only last for a brief passing moment, and then collapse forever.
To be possessed of Christ and the riches of His grace, is to have that which you will never lose. My dear boys and girls, can you truly say, “Jesus is mine”?
To have Christ and His salvation now, with a title to eternal glory hereafter, is no bubble, but a blessed reality. There are hundreds of boys and girls who are in possession of these abiding realities. They are saved and satisfied. Peaceful and happy here. Are you?
ML 11/12/1939