ONE day King Edward VII went on a visit to the city of Norwich. Eleven thousand school children sang "God save the King!" which seemed to please His Majesty very much. He bowed and smiled at the children.
After the King had gone by, a little girl was seen by her teacher to be crying.
Why are you crying?” asked the teacher. “Did you not see the King?”
“Yes,” sobbed the little girl, “but, the King did not see me!”
Poor little creature! She was sad at heart because the King did not take special notice of her amongst the eleven thousand children.
How will it be when the Lord Jesus, the King of kings, comes? Every eye shall see Him. Those who are saved will see Him in His beauty and glory. Those who have refused Him will see Him on His throne of judgment.
But I have met people who are afraid that when the Lord Jesus comes He will not see them. There will be so many— thousands upon thousands—that will be caught up to meet Him, that they fear that they may be forgotten.
Do you ever have this fear? Do you feel that you are so small and weak that very likely the Lord Jesus will not notice you when He comes, and therefore may leave you behind? Well, you need not be afraid of this if you have really trusted Him as your Saviour. He knows every one of His sheep. God knows you, too. He has counted all the hairs on your head. That shows how much He thinks about you. He thinks about even the little sparrows and cares for them. So you need not be afraid that He will forget you.
God has given you, if you are a real believer in the Lord Jesus, to His Son. The Lord Jesus will lose none of those whom His Father has given Him, and He will not leave one behind when He comes. He sees you every day, even now. His eyes are on you when you are asleep as well as when you are awake. And when He comes He will see you and call you and catch you up to Himself in the air.
Will you learn a verse from the Bible that tells us this?
Are you one of the company spoken of as “they that are Christ’s?” If so, you will be with Him at His coming.
I want you to sing these lines to your self sometimes. Do you like singing? How nice it is to be able to sing of such a Saviour as Jesus is:
“Jesus, my Saviour, shall come from on high,
Sweet is the promise as weary years fly;
O, I shall see Him descending the sky,
Coming for me, for me!”
Messages of God’s Love 8/28/1932