Wayne was worried about his soul. He took his problems to a friend, who soon saw that Wayne was trying to get everlasting life by his own great efforts. He spoke of "sincere prayers" and "heartfelt desires" for salvation, but concluded that he did not "feel any differently in spite of it all."
His friend listened to all he had to say, and then asked, "Wayne, did you ever learn to float?"
"Yes, I did," was the surprised answer.
"And did you find it easy to learn?"
"Not at first."
"What was the difficulty?"
"Well, the fact was, I could not lie still; I could not realize or believe the water would hold me up without any effort of my own, so I always began to struggle and, of course, down I went at once."
"And then?"
"Then I learned that I must give up all the struggle and rest on the strength of the water to bear me up. It was easy enough after that; I just lay back in the fullest confidence that I should not sink."
"That's it!" exclaimed his friend."God doesn't tell you to pray and struggle and work to be saved. He doesn't tell you to wait for a different feeling; He tells you just to rest in Him to believe His Word to receive His gift. He says, 'Believe ye that I am able to do this?... According to your faith be it unto you.' He does it all."