My daughter Amy has a hamster named Fluffy. Since Fluffy sleeps all day, we have given him the freedom to climb in and out of his cage and run around part of the house in the evening. He didn’t always have this freedom.
It’s most interesting how Fluffy came to live in our home. I briefly visited a lady who lived across the street. I noticed that her young child was very rough with their pet hamster. I wondered how much roughness and pain the little hamster had to take. I felt sorry for the little animal and said something about what the child was doing. The mother stopped her child that time.
Knowing the family was soon moving away, I asked the mother if the hamster would be for sale. She said, “Yes,” and so I bought him right away. I also bought the cage and all that went with it. I took him home where I knew that for the rest of his life he would be gently and lovingly cared for.
In the beginning, Fluffy was afraid of us and would try to hide when we came close. But as we gently held him and stroked his fur when we talked kindly to him, he soon was no longer afraid. He enjoyed our loving care and the freedom to run around.
When I think of Fluffy’s condition before coming to our house, it reminds me of our sinful condition without having the Lord Jesus as our loving, caring Saviour. It is like being a slave to sin, maybe afraid or even hurting. I’m also reminded that the Lord Jesus came into this world to rescue us who are helpless slaves to sin. The Lord Jesus loves us and wants us to come to Him. On the cross He paid for the sins of those who would accept Him as their Saviour. Will you accept His love and let Him set you free? Fluffy needed to be rescued, and we need to be rescued too. The Lord Jesus is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:99The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)). How can I be rescued? “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31)).
ML-03/27/2016