An Ernest Plea
The Bible says: “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)
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.
It is the same sense of urgency that
impels the author to write these Daily Devotions.
I wonder how many of these messages you have read and lightly dismissed? Perhaps some of you who read them do realize
that you need to be “born again” spiritually before you can hope to enter heaven, and perhaps
you do intend to be saved before you die. Then I urge you, accept Christ as your Savior now.
You may never have another opportunity. You, like that young Indian trainman, could die suddenly in the midst of health.
Daily Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 19-23
