A young Scotsman, not long out from the old country, attended some meetings in a district of the Rocky Mountains. A friend of young men observed the young stranger, and at the close of the service shook hands with him. He spoke to him about his soul, asking him three questions:
(1) "Are you saved?" With tears in his eyes he confessed he was not.
(2) "Are you willing to be saved?”
"Yes," was the quick response.
(3) "Are you willing to be saved now?"
"Yes, I am.”
God had been dealing with the lonely young man. Far from home, away from friends and relations, a stranger in a strange land, he was in a condition to hear God's message. He knew he was not saved. He needed no one to tell him that he was unsaved. Conscious of the fact that he was a sinner, unprepared to meet a sin-hating God, he was not only willing, but anxious to be saved.
When one sees himself guilty and lost, he is usually willing to accept salvation on God's terms. That night this lad accepted Christ as Savior, and left the hall rejoicing in the assurance of salvation.