A LITTLE GIRL named Janie, who was about five years old, and who went every Sunday afternoon to school, one day heard her teacher speak of
the time when the Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven into the air, and take all those who love and trust Him, and whose sins are washed away in His blood, to be with Him forever in glory, and she listened very attentively.
Dining the week her mother told her to fetch her some milk in a jug.
Now, little Janie had a habit of running along very fast, and though her mother often told her to walk quietly, she was so full of life and spirit that she scampered along the passage; her foot slipped, and down she fell, striking the side of her head against a piece of the jug, which broke under her. Her mother ran to pick her up, and found that she had a deep cut on her head, and that the blood came very fast, so she called in a neighbour to help her to bind up the place, for she was very much frightened to see her little girl's face covered with blood.
Little Janie looked at her mother's friend and said, "I don't want to die." "Not want to die, Janie! you love Jesus and trust Him, don't you, dear?"
"O yes," she said, "I love Jesus, but I should like to wait till He comes, so we could all go up together in the air."
This little girl, who was so very young, has learned to love the thought of Jesus coming, and to expect Him; and many little ones are now waiting for God's Son from heaven, but they are only those who are not afraid to meet Him.
Jesus has told all who believe on Him to watch for Him, for He may come at any moment. He says He will descend from heaven with a shout, and that the dead in Christ shall rise first, and those who are alive and belong to Him shall be changed and caught up to meet the-Lord in the air, and shall be forever with Him.
What a happy time it will be for all who have had their sins forgiven; for all who have come to the Saviour, believing that he died for them and put away sin on the cross! They will be so glad to see Jesus, that it will be the happiest moment they ever knew, for they will be changed and have a glorious body that will never again know pain or sorrow.
But those who do not know Jesus as their Saviour, and who are not the children of God, will be left behind in this world when he comes, and they can never go to heaven, but must suffer the punishment they deserve forever and forever, in the place which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
You may be strong and healthy, and feel that you are not likely to die yet, and therefore, you do not need to think of those things, but how can you be sure that Jesus will not come to-day? Do not therefore, dear child, put off coming to Jesus for a single hour, own your sinful state before Him, and trust in the work which He finished for sinners so many years ago.
Every hour brings His coming nearer, and Jesus may soon be here.
"The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin," 1 John 1:7,7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) and if you will learn it too and trust in the One who shed His blood your sins which are many will be forgiven, and you may, with others, watch for the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, and you will then be able to sing
Lord Jesus, come!
Nor let us longer roam
Afar from Thee, and that bright place
Where we shall see Thee face to face.
Lord Jesus, come!
Messages of God’s Love 10/14/1934