Alice was too young to be able to read the directions on the tube of glue she found in her brother’s room. She did not know that a warning on the super glue read “Avoid contact with skin and eyes,” and in large print “KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.” Alice started squeezing that little tube of super glue and rubbing it on her face. At first this seemed like fun, but very quickly she had a sticky face and her eyes were stuck closed. She could not open them no matter how hard she tried.
Have you ever read the directions that God gives you in His Word, the Bible? “Come unto Me.” “Ye must be born again.” “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” These are important directions — directions that if we believe and follow them will save us from everlasting punishment in hell.
Alice was frightened when she found out she could not open her eyes. She rubbed her eyes and cried, but that did not help at all. When Mother heard her crying and came to the room, she was quite concerned. Mother had read the warnings on the super glue label and she knew how dangerous it was to get glue near the eyes.
Perhaps your parents or your Sunday school teacher have explained the way of salvation to you many times — they have given you the directions to heaven. Alice did not understand the dangers of super glue. She did not know the directions. Do you know the way to be saved but are not following the directions? That is terribly dangerous.
Mother and Alice made a fast trip to the nearest hospital. Even the doctors and nurses in the emergency room were worried when they saw Alice’s eyes. It took them over four hours using different solutions on the glue before they found one that softened the glue so Alice could open her eyes again. How happy everyone was when the doctor examined Alice and said he did not think there was any injury to her eyes. She could see again without any problem.
Have your eyes been opened to take in God’s Word? — not just to read it, but to follow it. In Psalms 119:1818Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. (Psalm 119:18) there is a little prayer that says, “Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold [see] wondrous things out of Thy law [word].” This is a good prayer for each one of us first that our eyes will be open to see our need of the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, and then to accept Him in faith as our Saviour. When we know Him as our Saviour, we will want to read and study all the things written in the Bible about Him.
ML-06/23/1985