I WAS telling some of you last month why some children are afraid of being alone in the dark, but now I want to tell you how terribly your hearts would quail to stand in the light of God’s presence if you have not Christ as your Saviour. For if He is not your Saviour now, you will have to stand in that light by-and-bye exposed in your sins. Every stain that is hidden now in the darkness of this world, from human eyes, brought out in all it hideousness there; the eye of God, to which, eves now, all things are naked and opened, piercing you through and through, for “God is Light, am in Him is no darkness at all.”
Do you remember the effect on Paul of till “light above the brightness of the sun?” That light was from the glory of God where Jesus is. It struck him to the ground, and it dazzled him, for he says, “I could not see for the glory of that light.” And even the men with him were afraid. Would you be afraid? Or have you had your sins washes away in the precious blood of Christ, and yet yourself accepted and brought right home to God in all the value of Christ, so that now till light, in shining upon you, only skews how white the blood has made you― “white as snow?” Thank God, there are some who know what it is to have been fully exposed in that light now, as lost, ruined sinners, so hopelessly bad, that to be saved in God’s way was the only thing for them.
I was walking one day with a little child, am we were talking about heaven and the glory. Thy sun was shining very brightly overhead, but I was able to say, how much brighter the glory would be. We were going to see a poor woman, and the child begged my leave to ask her if she loved Jesus? and if she would like to see His glory? The answer was given, and a very happy “Yes” it was, for the woman was a Christian, and thy child added, “I should too.” What answer would you give to this question? Remember, we must each give an account of ourselves to God.
C. A. W.