Have you heard of the man who lost his way one dark night? In the darkness he fell over what he thought was the edge of a cliff. Reaching out he clutched at an old tree limb and hung there, clinging to this frail support with all his might.
He was desperately afraid that he would be dashed in pieces if he let go, but at last his hands could hold up his body no longer and they gradually slipped until he fell—fell about a foot onto a smooth, mossy bank.
Now, there are many who think that sure destruction must await them if they confess sin and resign all into the hands of God. It is an idle fear. Give up your hold upon everything but Christ, and drop down. Soft and mossy will be the bank which receives you.
Jesus Christ, by His love and by the value of His precious blood, will give you rest and peace. Only drop now. Drop down at once. This is the major part of faith—the giving up of every other hold and simply falling upon Christ. That dropping down—that faith in Christ and Christ alone—will bring you salvation.
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).