This was a question of a little boy who had become anxious to be saved.
He was being spoken to by a Christian lady, and she had asked him, “If you could live today without doing anything wrong, could you go to heaven?” It was then that he quickly asked,
“What about yesterday?”
He thought of the past sins. They must be put away, he felt, or else he would still be unfit for the presence of God. His conscience was awake and told him
Is there a way in which the past may be covered? Thank God, there is. Can sinful boys or girls stand clear of all their sins before God? Thank God, they may.
God Himself has found the way, and in perfect righteousness He can have us near Him. He gave His only well-beloved Son to suffer and to die for us, so, that our sins might be atoned for.
For all who believe, the past is settled. Our sins of “Yesterday” and all other days, have been laid upon Christ at the cross, and He has borne the judgment on our behalf, and so we are free.
As to the past—all that we had clone and all that we were in our sinful state, has been fully met at Calvary. Christ’s death has removed all, from under the eye of God, and God has raised Him from the dead for our justification.
As to the present. Christ lives for us at God’s right hand, ever interceding for us, and bearing us on His heart of love and on His shoulders of strength, and he is able to save us all the way through, until we reach His Home.
As to the future. Christ is coming again for us. Then He will give us bodies of glory like His own, and have us as His companions in the Father’s house on high.
“Yesterday, today and forever,” Christ is the SAME.
“Yesterday.” His death.
“Today,” His intercession.
“Forever,” His glory.
“Yesterday,” His love, “Today,” his love, “Forever,” His love.
What about yesterday? As we think of it, we think of Him who has died for us in love, and Christ and not our sins fills our gaze.
It is the knowledge of Him that can make boys and girls happy at home, at school, in town or in country, in the fields or on the seashore. It matters little where we are if we have Christ with us, and we seek to serve Him.
ML 02/04/1940