ONE BRIGHT MAY morning a group of happy children went to the woods to gather flowers. The countryside was beautiful, and the children scampered merrily about under the trees and across the grassy slopes.
Little Daisy, a bright child of five and the youngest of the group, was put in the care of her elder sister Elsie. All through the morning the children gathered flowers and played among the trees. At noon they all sat down to lunch on the green grass. Then one of them suggested they play a game in the next field, to which all agreed. They climbed over the gate and began their fun. Daisy was too young to join in, so she wandered by herself along the fence picking flowers and amusing herself.
The other girls, busy at play, did not notice that at the far end of the field was a herd of cattle feeding. Then a loud bellow arrested their attention, and looking up they saw a young bull with his head down making directly for them. In a moment they all stopped their game and disappeared into the woods — that is, all but little Daisy. Unaware of her danger, she was still picking flowers by the side of the field. When her sister Elsie reached the gate where she had left her, and found her gone, she was frantic. Then she caught sight of Daisy’s bright apron, and the wild animal was dashing in her direction.
What could she do to save her? Nothing; she was helpless. But Elsie had read in the Bible of God’s mighty power to save, of how he had closed the lion’s mouth to save his servant Daniel. She remembered the story of how David delivered his father’s sheep from the lion and the bear, and she cried out, “Lord, save little Daisy!” And He who watches the sparrows fall, heard that cry up in heaven. Suddenly the animal turned another way and little Daisy, still unaware of her danger, was lifted over the fence by a young ploughman, who hurried from a neighboring field when he heard the animal bellow. Oh how thankful to the Lord was Elsie when she saw her little sister safe and sound!
Daisy never forgot that deliverance herself, and when she got older and had a class of little girls in the Sunday school, they would listen eagerly as she told them the story. But she would always add, “And I know a greater deliverance than that; when as a sinner, lost and helpless, exposed to Satan’s power and in danger of perishing in sin, Jesus lifted me up, set me by His side in safety on the Rock, to which no power of the enemy can reach. I could do nothing to save myself, but ‘Jesus did it all long, long ago.’ "
Yes, there is danger to even the youngest while they remain outside of Christ, in the world and exposed to sin and Satan’s power. But in coming to the Saviour, believing in Him, saved by Him, there is safety, peace and joy.
“Only trust Him,
Only trust Him,
Only trust Him now,
He will save you,
He will save you,
He will save you now.”
ML-07/07/1963