Some years ago two of the Lord's servants were engaged in gospel work. At first the work went slowly for in the locality where these men were laboring for the Lord there was much ignorance as to the truths of the Word. The natives had their own strong views as to what was right and wrong, and they were not easily moved.
But when God begins to work, who can stay His hand? Here, from among the hills and glens, He chose to gather out a people for Himself. One and another were turned to the Lord, as they came under the sound of the blessed gospel of the grace of God. The whole district began to be astir as word of these wonderful conversions spread.
At one of the farm houses lived a young woman who determined to have nothing to do with what was going on. She marveled that sensible people were being so taken up with these things.
Soon there came an evening when all her family planned to go to the preaching. She was afraid to go so she decided she would stay at home. After the rest had all gone, she found that she was afraid to stay alone. Throwing a shawl over her head she set out to go where the people were assembling to listen to the good news of salvation. Stopping some distance away, she took her stand behind a large tree where she was hidden from the others.
The speaker was carrying his hearers back to the Garden of Eden. There where Adam and Eve were seeking to hide from God among the trees the voice of the Lord came to them: "Where art thou?”
Ah, this was the voice of the Lord to our fugitive, too. She felt her hiding place had been discovered, and tremblingly she went forward. As the preacher continued, she listened with earnest attention. Now her soul was stirred; the plowshare had entered, and was doing its work. There and then she was turned from darkness unto light, and went home rejoicing in Jesus her Savior.
How is it with you, my dear reader? Has the voice of the Lord, "Where art thou?" reached your soul? Do not try to hide from His all-seeing eye. The darkness and the light are alike to Him. Yes, "the night shineth as the day" and the "darkness hides not from Him.”
“There is nothing covered that shall not be revealed," so you cannot hide your sins from Him. Even "the counsels of the heart" will be manifest and "the secrets of men" will be judged. Come then. Come as you are, in your sins.
May the voice of the Lord reach you, and may you no longer flee from Him. Heed now His blessed invitation, “Come unto Me." Matt. 11:2828Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28).