GEORGE was determined not to go to the gospel service, so in order to escape the Sunday preaching he got on his bicycle and rode off into the country.
But God still loved George and followed him there. As he rode along the country road his attention was arrested by a piece of green paper tacked onto a gate post. Getting off his bike he got near enough to read it. Imagine his surprise when his eyes fell on the words, “PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD,” printed in bold letters.
George stood speechless. God had sent that message to him there, and he could go no further. He sat down on the side of the road convicted and no longer fighting God. The hour had come when he must decide to belong to Christ, or to go in fully for sin and the world. He weighed the matter well and looked at the issues for time and eternity. At last his decision was made and he said, “It will be Christ for me.”
Getting back on his bicycle he pedaled home. That evening found him at the gospel meeting, and tang his stand among the people of God, he told them what the Lord had done for his soul. The Lord gave him strength to give up his old habits and companionships which were leading him down to ruin. From then on he used his bicycle in the service of the Lord going from village to village preaching the glad gospel news and seeking to win others to the Saviour.
Dear reader, have you ever been converted? Are you ready to meet God? One day you must meet Him, ready or not. Where will you spend eternity? If you have not been converted to God, you cannot, and will not, go to heaven. “Ye must be born again.” John 3:77Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. (John 3:7). Salvation will be yours when you receive Christ as your own and only Saviour. Say, will you do so now!
ML-12/16/1973