Christopher was just a little boy, and he loved to go everywhere his father went. One day he went with his father to a gospel meeting - a meeting where his father preached to the people and told them about how the Lord Jesus loves them so much that He died on the cross so that any who will believe on Him will be saved. He died to wash away the sins of everyone who will come to Him and tell Him they need Him to save them from their sins.
As they walked home from the meeting, little Christopher held his father’s hand tightly. His father was feeling a bit sad because no one had said they would come to the Lord Jesus and be saved that night.
All at once Christopher said to his father, “Daddy, I got saved tonight. I asked the Lord Jesus to wash away my sins, and He did!”
You can guess how happy Christopher’s father was to hear his little boy confess the name of the Lord Jesus. Romans 10:1313For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13) tells us, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved,” and this is just what Christopher did.
One day soon after, little Christopher said, “Daddy, there’s an old man in that little house up on the hill, and he is very sick. Could you go and tell him about the Lord Jesus so that he can know how to be saved too?”
His father answered, “Why don’t you go yourself, Christopher, and tell him, now that you are saved.”
But Christopher said, “Oh no, Daddy, I couldn’t do that.”
But the more he thought about the old man so sick and lonely, the more he felt that he should go himself. So one day he went. It took a lot of courage for him to go, but the Lord Jesus helped him, and I’m sure he prayed about it, too.
He didn’t know what to say, but he thought of his memory verse, and so he quoted it to the poor sick man: “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” And, do you know, the old man did just that. He knew he needed help, and so he called on the name of the Lord Jesus and he was saved. How happy he was then, and how happy little Christopher was that he had gone and told him about the Lord Jesus.
If we know the Lord Jesus as our Saviour, He wants us to tell others about Him. He will give us the courage to do it if we ask Him.
ML-09/25/1994