WHILE in search of birds’ eggs, the boys went down the embankment too far, and lost their footing, and they have got hold of a tree whose roots are spread out over the surface of the rock, so it has very little hold and it is giving way with their weight and it only means a little while and down they will go to the bottom of the rocks, and would be smashed to pieces, but some men below have noticed the danger and are holding out a fishing net and are calling to them to let go. But, see! they are not obeying the call of the men and they are holding on as long as they can and the tree may go down too.
Oh, dear reader, it is terrible danger these boys are in, and fear has taken hold of them, for they are unable to save themselves. They realize now the result of their mischief. But on the other hand, what a mercy that there should be men on the beach, at the foot of the rocks, and having their fishing net at that time!
This is a supposed case, but not at all uncommon, and it gives us a picture of the unsaved. They have gone in search of pleasure in the paths of sin, and soon they find themselves beyond their power to retrace their steps, arid on they go, further and further, till there is nothing but death before them. Are you there, clear reader? Ah, you say, I know I have done wrong, but I have stopped, and I am doing the best I can now. That just like these boys, they have stopped, too, doing wrong, and are doing the best they can, but what good will it do them? Still death is before them and they are going down. Their efforts may hold them a little while, but they cannot save them. Salvation for them, was outside of their own strength and their own efforts. So it must be for you.
God has provided a competent Saviour for you, and in order to deliver you from an eternal death—eternal separation from Himself as the result of your sins—that blessed Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ has gone into that separation on Calvary’s cross and if you believe in Him you can say “It was for me.”
The call to the boys was to “let go,” so the call to you now is, let go your own efforts, and fall into the arms of your blessed Saviour who alone is able to save you.
Messages of God’s Love 12/15/1907