HOW CAREFULLY little brother takes a step from one stone to the other while urged on by his older sister! He is afraid, no doubt, that he may miss the next stone and fall in the water, so with the utmost care he is holding on to his sister before he puts forward the other foot. We may learn quite a lesson from this, dear children. Everything we do may be spoken of as steps or missteps in life. And as life is very short, how needful it is that our time should be spent right and for the Lord’s glory. But we must begin the right way and that must he God’s way.
The first thing we find needful, is, to see our need of a Saviour. Second, that God in His grace has provided a Saviour. Third, that we must believe in Him as our own Saviour. Fourth, to count on
Him as the One who can alone direct and enable us to take each step in life correctly.
The first right step in life then would be to have Christ as our own Saviour. If you, dear children, know. Him as such, then, “TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.” Prov. 3:5, 65Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (Proverbs 3:5‑6).
ML 05/13/1906