Lisa was 5 years old. She was a happy little girl, full of things that “she just had to do.” But sometimes these “things” got her into mischief and trouble. Each evening just before her bedtime, Daddy or Mommy would kneel down with her to talk in prayer to the loving Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
One night after they had finished praying, Lisa said to her daddy, “This finger and thumb were very bad today.” She held up the finger and thumb for Daddy to see.
“Why, what have they done?” he asked.
“Can you guess?” Lisa asked with a frown.
Daddy mentioned several things, but Lisa just shook her head “no.” Finally she had to tell.
“They took some raisins out of the raisin jar,” she said, and then after a little pause she added, “and put them into my mouth.”
“Did anybody tell those bad fingers to do that?” asked Daddy looking at Lisa.
“I didn’t hear anybody,” answered Lisa.
“Well,” said Daddy, “I don’t think you should blame your finger and thumb. What told them to take those raisins? Was it your curly hair, or your ears, or was it something from inside?”
“I think it was something from inside,” Lisa said with a sad look on her face.
Daddy explained to her that what she had done was sin. Then in a simple way he told her what the Bible tells us about our hearts and our thoughts. He explained that God says our hearts are dishonest and that our thoughts are full of sin. He told her that God sees everything we do, He hears everything we say, and He even knows what we think.
Daddy got his Bible and read some verses about God loving us and sending the Lord Jesus to die for us. Now God wants to blot out (or cover over) all of our sins, those bad things that we do and think and say. He can blot them out with the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Although Lisa had been told this wonderful story about the Lord Jesus for as long as she could remember, she was beginning to understand that it was not for the other “bad” people that Jesus died—it was really for her. She knew that she did bad things, too, and she needed Him to wash away her sins.
Not long after this talk with her daddy, Lisa told the Lord Jesus that she was a sinner and that she wanted Him to wash these sins away and be her Saviour.
What about you? Can you say that you have never done anything wrong? No, of course not! Each of us knows that we have sinned. But have you admitted that you need the Lord Jesus and accepted Him as your Saviour? This is the question that you must answer. Won’t you accept Him right now? “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” 1 Timothy 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15).
ML-07/18/1982