A BEAUTIFUL little girl, the light and joy of the household, and the delight of all who knew her, said to her mother one day as she started from the house to play with her little wagon,
“Good-bye, Mamma, I am going to see Jesus.”
Not many days after, the little darling took sick and died, and was carried from the house to a grave prepared for her body. It was not little Anna, it was only the little body of clay that was consigned to the earth.
When God said to Adam, “Out of the ground wast thou taken; for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return,” He referred to the body only. The breath of life which God breathed into man’s nostrils will never be taken away. Dust returns to the earth whence it was taken, but the spirit returns to God who gave it. Paul spoke of being “absent from the body and present with the Lord.” He also spoke of departing and being with Christ.
To the dying thief Christ said, “Today shalt thou be with Me in paradise.” How precious the promise of the blessed Lord, that His sorrowing disciples (and all who are washed in His blood) should be received not only to the heavenly mansions, but to the presence of Himself.
“I will come again and receive you unto Myself; that where I am there ye may be also.” John 14: 3.
How would it be with you, if called away in death, would you, like little Anna, go to “be with Christ which is far better”? This could not be true of you unless you are washed in the blood of Christ. How very important then it is to be ready, for we never know when we may be called out of this world.
How dreadful to leave this world unsaved, without Christ as your Saviour, to be forever lost. There is no salvation to be had after death. You must be saved now in this life. God’s Word says,
Messages of God’s Love 6/26/1932