A wayward boy had a good Christian mother who was very anxious about his soul’s salvation.
“Mother,” he said, “I am not going to be bothered with your prayers any longer; I will go to America and be rid of them.”
“But, my boy,” she said, “God is on the sea, and in America, and He hears my prayers for you.”
Well, he came to this country and as they sailed into New York harbor some of the sailors told him that two well-known evangelists were holding meetings in that city. His conscience had been bothering him, however, and strangely enough the moment he landed he started for the place of meeting. There he surrendered to Christ and was joyfully saved. He became an earnest Christian worker and wrote his mother telling her that her prayers had been answered; that he had been saved, that he had found his mother’s God.
How foolish to think that we can get away from God, for God is everywhere! “Thou God seest me.”
The boy in our story thought he could get away from God, and yet how wonderful to think that God was tracking him down, not to punish and send him to hell (which all of us deserved), but that He might save his precious soul.
That is what God is seeking to do for you, dear young reader, if unsaved. He gave His beloved Son to die upon the cross for your sins. Are you trying to run away from God who wants to bless you?
ML-06/20/1976