Have you ever been out on a foggy night when the fog was so thick you could hardly see where you were going? The fog makes it seem as though you are almost blind.
Last winter a large flock of ducks was swimming around in open water on the Niagara River above Niagara Falls. During the day a dense fog settled over the area. Not being able to see, the ducks became confused in the fog and swam much too close to the edge of the falls. More than 1000 were caught by the current and swept over the falls into the gorge 150 feet below.
The next day when the fog lifted, concerned people found many of the ducks had been killed, and the hundreds that did survive the fall were injured and stranded on the ice. They were unable to fly out of the gorge because of their broken wings or feet. They also could not be rescued from the ice because it was too dangerous. Some ducks were able to fly away the following day, but others died out on the ice in sight of those who would have rescued them if they could.
The Bible tells us that anyone who does not know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour is “blind, and cannot see afar off.” 2 Peter 1:99But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. (2 Peter 1:9). Another verse 1 John 2:11My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (1 John 2:1)1 Says that “he... knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.” This certainly is a dangerous way to go through life. Just as many of the ducks made a final fall over Niagara Falls, all people who do not accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour will make a final fall into “outer darkness: [where] there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 8:1212But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 8:12). What an awful and unnecessary end!
The Lord Jesus Christ wants each of us to accept Him as our own Saviour. “If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7). Then we can live our life with the light of the Lord God as our guide and then live in heaven with Him where He gives the light forever (Rev. 22:55And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 22:5)). Won’t you accept Him now?
ML-06/03/1984