I SHOULD like to tell you about a bright, happy little girl about seven years old. It was a summer evening, and she lay in bed waiting for her mother to come and say “good night.” She was thinking about something that troubled her.
When her mother came into the room she sat up in bed, and, pointing to the window, said, “Do you see that dark cloud, mother? Is it going to rain?”
“I do not think so,” replied her mother, “and what if it does?”
“I do not like it—it frightens me so when I hear the rain beating against the window, it makes such a noise,” said the little girl. Then her mother reminded her of the One who is always near, and taking care of her, and would allow no harm to come to her, and giving her a good-night kiss, left her.
The next evening, when she went into her room as usual, the little girl said, “When I knelt down I asked Jesus to give me a nice night, and not let it rain or thunder or lightning.”
Her mother explained that these things were needful, and if God sent rain or a thunder-storm, she need not fear. He would keep her safe.
The following evening she was all smiles when she said “good-night.”
“I have asked Jesus that if it rains or thunders to make me sleep right through it all.”
It seemed as if she had been weighing the matter over, although she had not talked about it. A little time after there came a very stormy night. The next morning she said, “I kept waking in the night, and I heard the wind and rain.”
“Were you afraid?” asked her mother. “No,” she replied, “I knew Jesus would keep me safe.”
Have you ever thought, dear little reader, that He is the only One who can keep you safe? Have you put your trust in that blessed One to whom all power belongs? or, are you afraid? If you are afraid it is because you do not know the Lord Jesus as your Saviour. If this is your case you may well fear, for you are not safe, and you know not what may happen at any moment. Let me entreat you to go straight to Him about it.
Think what it cost Him to save sinners! He has been down into death that we might have eternal life. What love! It is past understanding that for such as you and I, He suffered that awful death on the cross. He, the holy spotless Lamb of God, was the only One who could satisfy a holy God. There, He who knew no sin was made sin for us.
May not we who know Him take a lesson from this little story? Let us count on the One in whom we have trusted to take care of us right through. As we travel life’s journey we get into troubles, small and great, and we are inclined, perhaps, to ask God not to allow this or that, like the little girl, but as we go on we find that whatever He does allow is best, and He is able to bring us right through safely, and in it all we shall be learning more of His love and care for us. What a happy thin to be in His keeping, for He is able to keep us from falling.
ML 07/23/1916