A man was walking down Fleet Street in London and saw in the window of a fine restaurant what he thought to be a pie. He was hungry and tired, and the temptation was great. Should he break the glass and take it? He would and he did. But to his unspeakable disgust he found he had stolen an imitation pie—a dish filled with plaster!
What a parable lies hidden in the incident! So many people are weary and hungry and eager to try anything that may appease their inward cravings, only to find them as unsatisfying as a plaster pie.
Do you try to stifle the hunger in your soul by pleasures or strong drink—or even by good works? Be assured they are merely plaster pies. They look like something they aren't.
Now I would like to tell you of something that does really satisfy a hungry soul. Rather, I should say I can tell you of some One. His Name is Jesus. He has love to offer; He has eternal life to offer; and He has pleasures forevermore in store for those who put their trust in Him.
Many people have no real idea of the value of what God offers them. Some actually think it would spoil their life and make them miserable if they were to accept Jesus Christ as Savior. At the same time they have exaggerated notions about the power of worldly things to satisfy.
Let me urge you to go in for that which is of real value. Christ is real; His death is real; the power of His blood to cleanse all your sins away is real; His salvation is real.
The Day of Judgment is coming and then things will be seen in their true value. If you go on unsaved, careless, unready to meet God, you will never forgive yourself for:
(1) Having neglected that which is of true worth, and
(2) Having been altogether taken up with things of no value.
Seriously ask yourself this question: What is the true value of the things which absorb your time and thought? Are you trying to satisfy your soul with a plaster pie?