A man was hurrying to catch a ferry-boat one day, but just as he reached the barrier, the gates were closed, and he had to watch his boat leave the dock without him.
“If this had been the door into heaven,” he thought to himself, “it would never have opened for me again.”
After a wait of some little time, the ferry-boat returned, the barrier was raised, and the man was able to resume his journey. But he could not concentrate on his work that day, for the word spoken by the Saviour kept returning to his mind: “And the door was shut.”
At last he went aside by himself, and getting down upon his knees, he gave himself to the Lord Jesus Christ who also said: “I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.” John 10:99I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (John 10:9).
Immediately his mind was at peace, for he had entered through the Door while it was still open. Have you?
ML-12/05/1976