Which One Suits You?
SOME little girls were;talking to a friend one day about the Lord Jesus, and how to come to Him, when one of them, a little one about eight years old, said, “Every night I pray, ‘Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.’ “
“O! I don’t pray that. I pray, ‘God be merciful to me a sinner,’ “ said Grace, who was two or three years older.
Another little one added softly, “I don’t pray either of those prayers.”
“And what do you pray, Katie?” asked their friend.
“I pray, ‘O, God! I thank Thee that Thou Hast washed me, and made me whiter than snow.’ “
O, dear children, that little prayer made their friend’s heart glad, and what was still better, I think it made the Saviour’s heart glad, riot only to think that a darling child had trusted Jesus and .so had her sins washed away in His own precious blood, but because she came to Him and thanked Him for it.
And now, dear child, I want to ask just YOU, your very own self, which prayer you could pray best, right now? Which one suits you? Do you still have all those sins, those naughty lies, and the times you’ve been cross, and disobeyed mother and father, and all the other naughty things you have done at home and at school (God knows everyone), are all those naughty things still written down in God’s book against you? Are they still all on you like a big black load taking you down into hell?
O, darling child! if this is so, may the Lord show you what a terrible, terrible place you are in. Come to Him, just as you are, right now, with those first little prayers, “God be merciful to me a sinner,” “Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow,” and I am quite sure God will receive you right now, and be merciful to you and wash you whiter than snow; for He says, “Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.”
It was not very long ago that Katie came to Him, and today she is lying very, very ill. We none of us expected she would be so sick in such a little while, but, oh! how glad we are that she came to Jesus before. If you could see her face even while she is sick, you would not need to ask her if she was glad, for it almost seems to shine when you speak to her about Jesus.
But how about yourself, dear child, are you going to leave it till it is too late, and lift up your eyes (like the rich man) in hell? or are you going to look to Jesus—come to Him in time? I am quite sure you mean to come in time, but did you ever think that this may be the last chance you will have of coming to Jesus. Perhaps tomorrow, or even tonight may be too late for you, because God says now is the accepted time, NOW is the day of salvation.
But just a little word to those who have already come to Jesus and have had their sins washed away in His own precious blood. I know that many of my readers can take up dear Katie’s prayer and thank God that they are washed and made whiter than snow, but, dear children, do you thank him? or do you so often forget? You have so much to thank Him ‘for, food and clothes and a bed, and so many, many things, such good gifts He has given us. Let us begin at once, and say with the Apostle Paul, “Thanks be unto God for His ,unspeakable Gift.” You will find who that is in 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).
Messages of God’s Love 7/25/1915