"Lord Jesus Christ!" This blessed and living name was wrung from the infidel lips of Molly Graham as she stood on the seashore watching her sister's frail form battling with the pitiless might of the receding tide.
The two young women were visiting at the seaside in Ireland. They had been bathing and evidently had not heeded the hour, for the tide, unnoticed by them, had begun to recede. The younger sister had dashed into the water for one more swim, not aware that all the other bathers had left. When she found, to her dismay, that she was being borne out to sea by the power of the waves, panic seized her.
The older sister stood on the shore watching the younger one. When she became aware of her plight, she too became terror-stricken. She could not swim herself, so dared not venture into the rolling surf.
There was no one near to call upon for help. No one? As she stood there, helpless, alone, a verse she had often heard her Christian parents quote flashed into her hardened, unbelieving heart. "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Like lightning came the thought: "Now I will prove Him and see if there is a God." Standing there in helpless agony, without any human help to turn to, Molly Graham cried out, "Lord Jesus Christ! Lord Jesus Christ! If there be a living God, save my sister,”
Almost immediately a great wave came rolling in toward the shore. On it came, nearer and nearer, and ere long, riding its crest, she saw her beloved sister. As the mighty wave crashed on the sands, her dear one landed almost at her feet.
Great indeed was her joy and thankfulness at receiving her sister back literally out of the jaws of death; but she was awed and humbled in the felt presence of a living God, as she saw herself a lost sinner before Him. In deep contrition she confessed her folly and the sinfulness of the infidel thoughts that had held her in bondage. She sought and found pardon and peace in now believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who had died for her on the cross.
Oh, unbelieving heart, if you only knew the love and grace in the heart of God for you, you would never turn from Him in indifference or fear. Come to Him now in the day of grace. You will find Him the loving, seeking Savior, ready to pardon. Beware of putting Him off until you meet Him as your judge at the great white throne where you can find no hope, no mercy. Then it will be too late for repentance.
Oh, we beseech you, stop and think! Time is so short. You are as helplessly tossed on the waves of sin as Molly Graham's sister was on the waves of the sea. None but God can save you.