Mr. Wilson was recently in London, England, and caught a commuter train which was waiting in the station before setting off.
A little girl about four years old was looking out of the window, and Mr. Wilson overheard her saying to her mummy, “What does that say?” pointing to a poster on the station platform.
In the quietness of the commuter car, her mummy said, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” (Psalm 53:1).
Then her little voice asked, “What’s a fool?” to which her mummy replied, “Someone who doesn’t believe in God.”
And so the seed of God’s Word was sown in the hearts of many commuters that day who overheard the conversation.
A poster on another station platform reads, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).
Isn’t it wonderful that these gospel verses have been posted in 120 different railway stations throughout the country of England, and each day they are read by old and young who are on their way to work, going shopping, or just sight-seeing. “The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).
ML-06/08/2003