He was very ill and in a hospital ward, this undersized, undeveloped little Irish boy. His white, wizened face and emaciated form belonged to a lad about fifteen years of age, but he scarcely looked to be twelve.
A Christian visitor sought to win the lad's confidence by gifts of flowers and fruit, and she soon found him very willing, even eager, to listen to the story of the sinner's Savior. At first his interest seemed quite impersonal, but gradually he began to see that he himself was concerned. His own soul's need was put before him, and he was awakened to some sense of his lost condition. Soon he commenced to consider seriously how he might be saved. Brought up a Romanist, he thought and spoke of penance and the confessional, of sacraments and church; yet he never wholly left out Christ Jesus and His atoning work.
One morning the Christian lady visited him again. She found his face aglow with a new-found joy. Inquiring the reason, he replied with assurance born of faith in the revealed Word of God: "Oh, Lady, I always knew that Jesus was necessary; but I never knew till yesterday that He was enough!”
It was a blessed discovery, and I would that every reader of these pages had made it. Mark it well: Jesus is enough!
Scripture asserts that He "of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." "Ye are complete in Him." "God hath made us accepted in the Beloved." These are only a few of the precious declarations of Scripture which show clearly that Jesus is indeed not only necessary, but ENOUGH. Have you, my friend, made this great discovery?