Stanley had been sent by his father to get some steel plates. He had to go along the side of a river which had a thin coat of ice on it. As a guide in the darkness Stanley kept his eye on a light streaming from the building to which he was going, and soon he arrived there safely.
Having got the heavy steel plates he started home. But now the light was behind him, and, walking along carelessly, he suddenly slipped into the river! Quickly he let go the steel plates and clutched at the bank, but the gravel slope gave way and he was unable ti call for help as his mouth was full of icy water. How frightened he was! But help was near! In the darkness he discerned the form of a man bending over him and reaching out a hand. He quickly put up first one hand and then the other—how desperate he was—and soon he was hauled out onto the bank. Another man had come running to help and together the two men carried the lad into a nearby house, dried his clothes and took him home.
How like you and me, dear children! We, too, have fallen into the river of sin and are quite unable to save ourselves. But Jesus has come to our rescue, for when He died on the cross He died that we might he saved from the judgment of sin. Now He says, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Rom. 10:1313For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13).
Little Stanley dropped the weights? Why? Well, they would have dragged him down to the bottom to his death. How very foolish if he had hung on to them! So, you, too, should drop anything and everything that hinders you from coming to Christ for salvation. Just let them go as Stanley did the weights, and never, never will you be sorry. The Lord Jesus will give you much more than you drop, for He has “unsearchable riches” and “pleasures for evermore” to give those who put their trust in Him.
ML 05/27/1951