An old woman of eighty wanted to become a Christian, but she had a problem. So she asked several Christian friends to come and talk with her. They urged her to accept Jesus as her Savior.
Said one, "Why not just trust Him now, within ten minutes?" Oh, she could not!
"Why not?"
She wanted time, she said: it was too sudden. Ten minutes! Oh, no! She must have time to think about it.
"You are old," said one; "how long have you been thinking about it already?"
She paused a moment, then said slowly: "Fifty years."
"Fifty years!" they cried, "and yet you want more time! Isn't fifty years enough?"
That was a new way of looking at it. Fifty years, indeed!
"What shall I do?" she eagerly asked.
"Do nothing," was the answer. "Christ has done it all, just trust what He has done and believe what He has said. You don't need fifty years for that!"
She did as her friends had said, and proved for herself that God's promises were true.
The Lord Jesus said, "He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24).
Have you heard—and believed? You may not have fifty years to think about it—or one year—or even another day. The risk is too great! Trust NOW!