Jake and Andy were excited. Today was the last Sunday school before summer vacation. This day was special because they knew their teacher would have prizes and treats to pass out! “I wonder what we are going to get this time?” they said to each other.
When they arrived at class, they thought their teacher looked awfully serious for such a bright, sunny day. They wondered why. Mrs. Evans soon explained. She told them that it was because she realized this could be the very last Sunday school lesson the boys would ever hear. God’s Word says, “Surely I come quickly” (Revelation 22:2020He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20)). That means that Jesus is coming soon. Mrs. Evans wanted every boy in her class to know the Lord Jesus as his Savior and be ready, in case He came before she saw them again.
Mrs. Evans held up her Bible and asked Andy, “What is this?”
“The Word of God,” he answered.
“That’s right,” said Mrs. Evans. Then she asked all the children to take a great big bite of the Bible.
The children were shocked. “You can’t eat a Bible!”
“Well then, what does that verse mean, ‘[Your] words were found, and I ate them’?”
The children did not know what to answer her.
Mrs. Evans wanted to help them understand. She asked the children to roll up their sleeves.
This sure is a strange Sunday school class! they thought. But they did as they were told. Then they all went over to a table where sheets of waxed paper were spread out. Mrs. Evans spooned out a big glob of chocolate pudding onto every children’s sheet of waxed paper. Since most children enjoy finger painting, she had them spread out the chocolate pudding “paint” with their hands. Then, using a finger, each child wrote in the pudding in big letters, “IT IS TIME TO SEEK THE LORD.” They read the message out loud all together. Then Mrs. Evans gave them permission to eat their paintings! That chocolate pudding paint tasted good!
So, what was the point of this Sunday school lesson? Jake answered that question very nicely when he showed the teacher a verse he had underlined in his Bible. It read, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:22(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) (2 Corinthians 6:2)). He understood that the time to seek the Lord was NOW. And each child who would obey and seek the Lord right now would be “eating” those words from God.
Can you guess what each child received for a prize that day? Mrs. Evans gave each child a watch. She hoped that every time they looked at their watches they would remember that “it is time to seek the Lord.” And she hoped that each child would “eat” those words before it is too late.
Have you?
Messages of God’s Love 3/10/2024