I want to tell you, dear children, about a boy I know.
One night, he dreamed that he saw a bright light in the sky with many stars around it, and that, as he looked, the sky opened and the Lord came out and took all true believers up to be with Himself, and the rest were left behind. The people in the street where he lived were filled with astonishment, and could not think where their neighbors had gone.
Now, God sometimes speaks to people by dreams, as you will see if you get your Bibles and read Job 33:14-3014For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. 19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. 25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: 26He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. 27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. 29Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. (Job 33:14‑30), and he certainly spoke to George that night, and I am glad to tell you that George listened to His voice.
Do YOU listen when God speaks to you? It may be by a dream, the death of a loved companion, or, as He most certainly has spoken to you, by His Word.
George began to think, would he be left behind if the Lord were to come? and feeling he was not ready, he became so sad that he could get no rest about the matter all the remainder of that week.
Saturday night came but no rest nor peace came to his troubled soul. On Sunday he was left alone with his mother in the evening, and still burdened, he said to her,
“Mother, how can I know that I am saved?”
“You must receive the message; that dream was a message from God to you, you must receive it,” she replied.
The following morning he told his mother that he was saved, that he had received the message.
George, like many who read these pages, knew the plan of salvation in his head. He had been brought up by Christian parents, who had taught him from his earliest days about the blessed Saviour, who came to suffer and die for sinners on the cross. But though he knew all about it, he had not yet appropriated it by simple faith, until God sent him this message in a dream to teach him the necessity of being “ready.”
Now, dear children, will you let this be a message from God to you? Jesus is coming; this dream will have its fuilment, some day, and will be soon, for He says, “Behold, I come quickly.” Revelation 22:7,12,207Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. (Revelation 22:7)
12And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. (Revelation 22:12)
20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20).
He will not take away all. Which of you will go? God says, “They that were ready went in with Him (Jesus) to the marriage, and the door was shut.” Math. 25:10.
O! while there is yet time, come to the Lord Jesus, trust in Him, and you will be saved from the judgments that are coming on this poor world.
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation.” “Be ye therefore ready also.”
ML 07/08/1945