On a railway journey recently, I had opportunity to speak for a few minutes with three different women. The first was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. She knew that her sins were forgiven; and she was not afraid to meet the Lord Jesus, for she knew and loved Him as her Savior.
At the station she got out and another woman got in. This one began to talk about the thunder and lightning that was going on at the time, and how much she feared it. This soon led to other subjects, and when I asked her if the Lord Jesus was her Savior, she looked down sadly and said, "Once He was!—perhaps He is still." Poor thing! she was most unhappy. Once she had known His love. Now she had gotten away into the coldness and darkness of the world, so far away that she thought the Lord had given her up. She promised to read a little book I gave her when she bade me good-by at her journey's end.
Here the third passenger got in—an old woman, weary and worn. She had gotten into the wrong section of a train, been carried past the station to which she wanted to go, and was now on her way back. She had made a mistake in her journey which cost her some hours' delay. Sadder still, she was making a far greater and more serious mistake, for if she pursued the way she was going, eternity itself could not rectify it. She would like to get to heaven at the end; and the end could not be very far off. She knew there was only one road that led there; and yet she had not made sure that she was on it. In fact, she would not even stop to think what road she was on; but she hoped to be all right, as she had always tried to be good.
My reader, make sure NOW that you are on the right road, traveling securely and surely to the Father's house. YOU CAN'T BE SAFE UNLESS YOU ARE SAVED.