Recently I was invited by a Christian trucker to drive with him from Ontario, Canada, to Atlanta, Georgia and back. It was a very enjoyable time. Imagine driving a truck that is so big that it needs 18 tires and a 450-horsepower engine to make it run and powerful air brakes to help it stop! Sid has to be a very careful driver, and this is why: on the way home we saw three close calls with four-wheelers (cars).
The first close call was in Atlanta when a slow-moving car pulled onto the freeway directly in front of us! Then many miles up the road, as we drove down a hill, two cars tried to pass our truck at the same time and very nearly collided right beside the truck! The third close call happened closer to home when a foolish driver was swerving dangerously and almost hit the truck in front of us! Sid said he sees things like this many times as he travels all around the country. Close calls!
I thought of the many close calls that we have in life. Are you taking chances with the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you only thought about believing that the Lord Jesus died on the cross and shed His precious blood for you? Have you only thought about accepting Him as your own Saviour? If you have heard the wondrous story of His love for you and have only thought about accepting His free offer of salvation, you are taking a terrible chance. If you die before accepting Him as your Saviour you will spend eternity without Christ in that awful place called hell. You don’t have to take that chance, because the Lord Jesus Christ has provided a safe pathway to heaven for you. But to get onto that safe pathway you have to pass a checkpoint, the cross of Christ. If you will accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour and believe in your heart that He shed His precious blood on that cross to wash your sins away, you can follow the safe pathway to heaven. No more chances; no more close calls!
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16). Choose everlasting life! Choose Jesus Christ! Don’t take another chance, another close call with a lost eternity, without Christ forever.
ML-10/08/1989