The cat was named Trucker for a special reason. He had unknowingly hitched a ride in a big truck that was traveling to Newfoundland, Canada. The cat didn’t intend to take a trip that far or even to take a trip at all, but after hopping up into the back of the truck, probably for curious reasons, he was trapped inside for the next three days. The back of the truck was closed up and securely locked, and the poor kitty was inside with no food or water. Besides that, it was winter, and the back of the truck had no heat in it.
He must have been one glad kitty when the driver finally unlocked the doors so he could unload the cargo from the back. The poor creature was so thin when the driver found him that his ribs could be seen right through his fur.
The driver quickly discovered that the cat was very friendly, so he assumed that it had come from a loving home. The driver had always liked cats, and since there was no way he could find out who the owner was, he decided he would keep the cat himself and give it a good home. And that’s how a lonely, trapped kitty was found and loved and given the name “Trucker.”
If you have not had your sins forgiven, you are just like Trucker. You are lost and trapped in your sins, without knowing the love and forgiveness of the Lord Jesus who died for you. The Bible tells us, “The Son of Man [Jesus] is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). He died on Calvary’s cross for sinners like you and me, and He wants to forgive our sins. Will you open your heart’s door and let Him in? He says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man [or woman or boy or girl] hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will [eat] with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).
For those of us who have opened our heart’s door to Jesus, He has promised us a wonderful, loving home in heaven where we will live with Him in that happy place for all eternity. Trucker now has a happy home with a loving owner, and you can too. Jesus says, “I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee” (Jeremiah 31:3). Will you accept His love and forgiveness of your sins?
MEMORY VERSE: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him.” Revelation 3:20
ML-06/15/2008