Don’t Delay

The Bible says, “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man” Genesis 6:3 (KJV)

“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 3:18 (KJV)

I read this true story.  A Christian in India was about to pray one night, when suddenly an old saying flashed into his mind, “Prayer cannot do what my feet should have done.”

The words hammered on his brain with such urgency that even though the hour was late, he felt compelled to go and visit the man for whom he had been about to pray.  The man was a young Indian who worked as an engineer on the railroad.  He welcomed the Christian into his home, and that night he accepted God's gift of eternal life by simply believing that Christ had died for him.

The Christian returned to his own home, glad that he had gone, but still wondering at the peculiar circumstance that had compelled him to pay the visit.  It wasn’t until a week later however, that he learned the reason.

Returning from a business trip, he was shocked to learn that the young Indian was dead.  He had died suddenly in the cab of his train while only one station from home.  Then the Christian understood why God had been so urgent about sending him on the visit that night - a visit he thought could have been made more conveniently after returning from his business trip.  Had he not gone that night, the young Indian would have gone from time into eternity without availing himself of God’s gift of salvation.

Has the Lord laid someone on your heart? Have you followed through? Do things seem to just get in the way? Follow the Holy Spirit’s leading!

         Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Matthew 13; Luke 8