It was a notice on a board at the races. Probably the earnest man who carried it never knew the result of his humble service. But a day is coming when it and every effort for Christ's glory will receive its reward.
The unmistakable message reached the conscience of a young prodigal. He was sowing his wild oats. Giddy and careless, he pursued the path of pleasure and sin. Eternity was so small account indeed to him.
Amid the gay racing scene with its noise and excitement, it was amazing that conviction of sin should be forced home on a man's conscience. Yet so it was. The plain, solemn words of warning did their work, and the young man left the multitude to go its way. He could follow no longer on the road to eternal doom.
Earnestly he tried to make himself fit for heaven; but all his efforts at reformation failed to meet' the demands of his conscience. In spite of all his endeavors and failures he knew that he was still unprepared to face a holy God.
How could he, a sinful man, "prepare to meet God"? This question was ever uppermost in his mind. At last, in his distress and helplessness, he bought a Bible and in the quiet of his own room he searched its pages for comfort and help. And there, alone with God, he found the answer to his soul's need; there he heard the voice of the Savior:— "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." Believing on Christ, receiving Him as his own personal Savior, he learned to know Him as "Jehovah Tsidkenu"—Christ our righteousness. In Him he found peace and rest with assurance of eternal salvation.
Dear young friend, are you, too, rushing on with the pleasure-mad world to a Christ-less eternity? I beseech you, heed this sign before it is too late: PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD!