A box was sitting on the table with a question printed in large letters on the side:
“WHO DOES JESUS LOVE?”
Each child in the Sunday school was asked to come up to the table, one at a time, look into the box, and then return to his seat without saying anything. As each child looked into the box, they began to smile as though they had a special secret.
Now what do you think was in that box that would answer the question, “Who does Jesus love?” It had to answer the question for every child who looked in the box.
If you guessed that it was a mirror, you are right!
When we go to the grocery store to buy some fruit, we don’t want to buy apples or bananas or anything else that has bruises or bad spots. We like to choose only the really good fruit.
But the Lord Jesus isn’t picky like we are. He came into this world to save sinners, and because of our sins, we all have bruises and bad spots! Yet the Lord Jesus was willing to pay for us. He didn’t pay with silver or gold; He paid with His own precious blood! Why would He do that? It was only because He loves us so much.
If you’ve already asked the Lord Jesus to wash away your sins, or if you are still lost and guilty before God, there is something for you to remember. Every time you look in a mirror, remember that you are one person who Jesus loves very much. “The Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:2020I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)).
ML-09/05/2010