ONE day some fishermen were sitting on the cliffs above the bay, where there is a bar across the mouth of the harbor; at times very dangerous.
A bar is a sandbank across the mouth of a river or bay; and woe betide the boat that gets caught in it. However, there is almost always a passage of deeper water where, by careful steering, a boat can get through.
As the men looked, they saw a small boat making straight for the bar. It sailed closer and closer, with no sign of turning aside.
“There’s something wrong,” said one. “I’m going out there.”
In his motorboat he started out through the passage to the boat. As he drew alongside, he saw to his surprise the occupant of the other boat was asleep! With a tremendous shout and a loud blast on his horn, he succeeded in waking him. The man at once saw his danger, and turned his boat just in time. Another moment, and he would have been dashed to his death!
Yet there are many like him today— although wide awake in body, are sound asleep as to their position before God. Are you one of them? There is a way through the bar and into heaven—the way of Jesus Christ. He came to earth to save sinners, and it is for them to accept Him before it is too late.
ML 12/12/1937