Christopher, who was about five years old, went with his father to a gospel meeting—a meeting where his father preached to the people and told them about how the Lord Jesus loves them so much that He died on the cross so that any who will believe on Him will be saved.
As they walked home from the meeting, Christopher held his father’s hand tightly. His father was feeling a little sad because no one had said they would come to the Lord Jesus to be saved that night.
All at once Christopher said to his father, “Daddy, I got saved tonight. I asked the Lord Jesus to wash away my sins, and He did!”
You can guess how happy Christopher’s father was to hear his young son confess the name of the Lord Jesus. Romans 10:1313For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13) tells us, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved,” and this is just what Christopher did.
One day soon after, little Christopher said, “Daddy, there’s an old man in that little house up on the hill, and he is very sick. Could you go tell him about the Lord Jesus?”
His father answered, “Why don’t you go, Christopher, now that you are saved.”
But Christopher said, “Oh no, Daddy, I couldn’t do that.”
But the more he thought about the old man so sick and lonely, the more he wanted to go. It took a lot of courage, but he went, and the Lord Jesus helped him.
He didn’t know what to say, but he remembered his memory verse, and so he repeated it: “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” And the old man did just that! He knew he needed help, and so he called on the name of the Lord Jesus and he was saved. How happy he was, and how happy young Christopher was that he had gone to tell him about the Lord Jesus.
If we know the Lord Jesus as our Saviour, He wants us to tell others about Him. He will give us the courage if we ask Him.
ML-10/10/2010