I wrote to one of the scholars in our Sunday-school, on, whose earnest face, for some time, I had noticed a look of unhappiness. I could not but feel that she was in trouble about the question of her soul’s salvation. I told her of the Saviour’s love, and begged her not to trust to any fitness on her part.
“All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.”
Nearly two years passed before an answer came. It arrived a few weeks ago: “You must feel that it was wrong of me not taking any notice of your letter before, but I was still in darkness, but now I trust I can say the words you quote in your letter,
‘Jesus, my Saviour, Thou art mine,
The Father’s gift of love divine,
All Thou hast done, and all Thou art, Are now the portion of my heart.’
Please will you write some texts out for me to study through the week? O, it is,
‘Jesus for me, Jesus for me!’
The look of unrest has now left the face of my little friend, and instead, the joy of God’s salvation rests on it. Do you, dear little reader, know Jesus?
You may know about Him, but do you know Him as your own precious Saviour? Can you say, “Jesus for me?” If not, let me entreat you to seek Him now in the days of your youth. He has said, “I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me.” Proverbs 8:17.
Dear children, read your own Bibles every day, and the Lord will point out precious verses for you to meditate on for the day, and look for some more to think on when you go to bed.
This is the food for our souls, and this is the way we grow as Christians. We learn of our blessed Lord and the precious things He has in store for us throughout eternity, all through what He has done for us on the cross.
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.” 1 John 3:2.
ML 11/01/1931