It was spring, and something was going on in our neighbor’s yard. We could hear a pair of robins chirping frantically and see them nervously flitting from branch to branch. When we looked closer, we discovered a baby robin on the ground. It had fallen out of the nest. The father and mother robin were very upset and were keeping a watchful eye on their baby.
Something else was keeping an eye on their baby bird too. A neighbor’s cat! As the cat started creeping through the grass, the father and mother robin dove down again and again, chirping loudly and pecking at the cat. The cat couldn’t go any closer to the baby robin because the parents kept flying at the cat and pecking it.
We were afraid the cat might eventually win out, so we picked up the little robin, in spite of the parents who were now scolding us. The baby bird seemed to be so scared and hungry. It kept opening its mouth wide and chirping sharply as much as to say, “I am hungry and I need help!” And we were going to help it and do what we could to save the little bird’s life.
Do you realize, boys and girls, that you are in danger too, like that baby robin, if you have not been saved from your sins? But there is Someone to help and save you too. The Bible says, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:1313For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13)). There is a Saviour who sees you, and loves you, and cares about you.
The news reached another neighbor that we had found a baby robin. She had an empty birdcage, and the next day she adopted the helpless, hungry little bird. She nursed it like a mother would, and each day the baby robin seemed to grow a little stronger. Finally, after about a month, the young robin could fly on its own. All that summer the bird never seemed to leave her backyard and would come to her for food when she called it.
The Lord Jesus will do the very same for you. Because He loves you and cares about you so much, He died on Calvary’s cross for you. He will wash all your sins away and give you eternal life so you can live with Him in heaven someday. Will you come tell Him that you are a sinner and want Him to wash your sins away? Here is what He will do: “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)). “He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness” (Psalm 107:99For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. (Psalm 107:9)). He will take care of you until you are safely home in heaven with Him.
ML-05/07/1995