ONE day, I met a little girl and I asked her, “Do you love the Lord Jesus?”
“No,” she said, “but I want to very much.”
“Why?” I inquired, and her reply was,
“Because I am a sinner. I have tried to be good, but I do want to come to Him, and to love Him.”
“Well, dear,” I said, “think for a few moments of these two verses,
Now, if God laid your sins on the Lord Jesus, and He bore them, where are they?”
“Well,” she said very slowly, “if God put them on Jesus, and He bore them, I can’t bare them, too.”
“No, dear,” I answered, “but let us look at it like this. God hated sin. He could not look upon it, and must punish it, but the Lord loved little Emily, and bore her sins, and her punishment instead of her, upon the cross.” She looked up so brightly, and said,
“Is that what trust or believe means? Then I do trust, and will give Him my heart now, and try to be good.”
“But you must leave off trying to be good, and only believe or trust the Lord, and He will give you power to be good after you have truly trusted Him.” She waited a moment before speaking, and then said,
“Is that really all? I want Him to take my heart now. I do trust Him!”
I believe little Emily, then and there, really put her trust in the Lord Jesus, her Saviour; and to you who know your need of the Saviour, I would say, Come to Him, as Emily did, with all your sins, for He will save you. Take your place before God as a sinner, and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as the One who bore your sins.
ML 02/28/1937