WHILE, away in the country a few weeks ago I met a youth who, when a little boy, very nearly lost his life by drowning. He was playing by a river near his home one day, and ventured too near the edge. To his dismay he lost his balance, and fell into the water. He could not swim, but cried out for help. A man who happened to be passing at the time heard the little fellow’s voice just as he was going down for the last time. The man instantly plunged into the river, and grasped the child in his strong arms, and brought him into a place of safety. He has often since said how much he would like to see again the man who saved him, but from that time he has not once seen his deliverer.
This story brought vividly before me your state and mine by nature, dear young reader, and if still out of Christ you are in greater danger than that dear child was, for you are running the risk of losing your precious soul forever. But Jesus the Saviour is mighty to save. He has passed through the dark waters of death, that you Might have life. Is He yours? Can you, by faith,. lay your hand upon Him, and say, He is my own precious Saviour? If you thus believe on Him, you (like the little boy who wanted to see the one who saved him) on belonging to see the Lord. When on earth He said, “I will come again, and receive you unto Myself: that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:33And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3). You need patience to await His due time.
Messages of God’s Love 12/10/1905