Mr. Marcus had a fancy wristwatch which had a musical alarm. Every night he set the watch on the nightstand beside his bed, and every morning automatically at 6:45 the watch would play a tune and wake him up.
But one morning something strange happened. Mr. Marcus woke up at 6:45 as usual and heard his musical watch playing its tune. The watch was not on his nightstand, however, and the tune sounded muffled and far away. Sleepily, Mr. Marcus stumbled out of bed and began to look around for his watch.
The sound seemed to be coming from the kitchen, so Mr. Marcus searched all around the kitchen carefully. But, even with his dog, Fudge, helping him hunt, he could not find his watch. This was a real mystery. Soon the music stopped, and then Mr. Marcus had to give up his search.
The next morning at 6:45 Mr. Marcus again heard his musical watch, but this time the muffled tune seemed to come from the hall outside his room. Puzzled, Mr. Marcus stood in the hall, scratching his head. There was no place in the hall where a watch would be lying out of sight. In fact, there was nothing at all in the hall except Fudge. Fudge? Was it possible...?
That night Mr. Marcus closed Fudge in the bedroom with him, and, sure enough, at 6:45 the next morning the music started again. This time he picked up his dog, held him close and listened intently. He could hardly believe what he was hearing, but it was true! The music was coming from inside Fudge!
Poor Fudge. He had been snooping around in Mr. Marcus’s room at night and must have knocked the watch to the floor. Somehow, in licking or chewing the watch, he swallowed it, wristband and all. Then he ran out of the room, probably knowing he had done something wrong, and hid in the kitchen.
Maybe you are doing something just as foolish as Fudge did. You know you are a sinner, and yet you hope you can hide your sins from God. But the Bible tells us that “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.” Proverbs 28:1313He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13). We are also warned: “Be sure your sin will find you out.” Numbers 32:2323But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. (Numbers 32:23).
Mr. Marcus loved his pet and was worried that the swallowed watch might make him so sick he would die. Mr. Marcus knew there was someone he could turn to for help. He took Fudge right over to the vet.
There is Someone you can turn to with your load of sins. You don’t need to try to hide them any longer. The Lord Jesus loves you so much He provided a way for you to be free from your sins. He voluntarily died on Calvary’s cross and shed His blood there. His blood has the power to wash away every one of your sins. “The blood of Jesus Christ His [God’s] 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). All you have to do is trust Him, by confessing you are a sinner and thanking Him for dying for you.
Mr. Marcus told the vet his story. After taking some X-rays of Fudge, the vet and Mr. Marcus both could see plainly on the X-ray that Fudge had indeed swallowed the musical watch. Now there was no choice in the matter — the vet had to operate on poor Fudge to remove the watch from his stomach.
Fudge is fine now, and we hope he has learned a lesson about chewing on things that don’t belong to him. Fudge is only a dog, but you are a person with a never-dying soul. We hope and pray that you will accept God’s warning about your sins. But if you do not accept the Lord Jesus as your Saviour and let Him wash away your sins, you will be far worse off than Fudge. God tells us that “The wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23). He warns us, too, that “after this [death] the judgment.” Hebrews 9:2727And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27).
Won’t you accept His love and ask Him to be your own Saviour?
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