In Switzerland once, a Christian gave a tract to a man in a town that was notorious for gambling. On his return to the town several days later he met this same man who exclaimed, “I thank you, Sir, for leading me to Christ who has saved both my soul and body.” He then explained that the day he had been handed the tract he lost so heavily in gambling that he was contemplating suicide. He had read the tract, was arrested in his downward course to ruin, and found Christ as his Saviour.
What mattered it now if he had lost all this world’s goods? He had found Christ, the true riches. Henceforth, he could look on to “an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which fadeth not away, reserved in heaven,” for him. Dear reader, have you found these true riches?
ML-03/06/1977