WHILE crossing the North Channel from Belfast to Ardrossan, some time since, I observed an old Scotch lady sitting in the bow of the vessel, her plaid closely wrapped around her. I offered her a gospel book, which was readily accepted. The title was scarcely read, when she sprang to her feet, held out her hand, and taking mine with a warm grasp said, “Do you then know my Saviour?”
“Thank God! I do,” was my response; adding, “and how long have you known Him?”
“It is over eighteen years since He found me,” she replied.
“But are you sure you are quite safe for eternity?”
I asked.
“Quite safe, He will never fail,” was her happy answer; and straightening herself as well as her age would allow, she added:
“On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.”
Seeking to hear more of this bold testimony, I inquired, “You have known the Lord Jesus Christ eighteen long years; have you never become tired of Him?”
I shall not easily forget her look of triumphant joy as she replied, with a ring of certainty in her voice, “Tired of Him? I shall NEVER be tired of Him.” Then out of a full heart she told us what that glorious Person was to her: how He had stood by her―a true Friend―when all other friends had failed; and how she delighted to meet together with those who love Him, to remember Him.
That dear saint of God had learned, my reader, what it is your privilege to know. She had discovered in Christ one who had met all her need and had filled her heart.
Can you speak with similar happy assurance of having found SECURITY and SATISFACTION in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Consider the matter seriously! You can never be truly happy until you know your future is secured and your heart is satisfied; and if you have not found these blessings in Christ, it is certain that you will not find them outside of Him, for He is the only Person in the universe of God who can make you happy. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name given under heaven and among men whereby we must be saved.”
He has by His death and resurrection secured a place of eternal joy, where by the knowledge of Himself He will forever fill and satisfy the hearts of those who put their trust in Him.
May you, dear reader, make His acquaintance Now, and henceforth, throughout all Eternity, you will NEVER be tired of Him.
“And till I meet Thee in that glory bright,
And when I walk with Thee in robe of white,
O Lord, I’ll find my sweet, my full delight,
In Thee!”
F. S. MH.