LITTLE more than a year ago, I was talking with two dear little boys about the Lord’s coming, They loved the Lord Jesus, and liked to think and talk about the happy day when He would come and take them to His home above.
They were wondering how those who had died would get out of their graves. I said, “Suppose Jesus should come when it was winter—when we needed a fire to keep warm, and had all the doors and windows tightly closed to keep out the cold winter wind, would we need to open the door to get out?” One of them replied, “O, it wouldn’t make any difference then. After we went to be with Jesus we wouldn’t care if the door was open.”
My little friend had not understood my question as to how we could get out without waiting to open the door, but he knew one thing—something very precious to know—that when we will be caught up to meet Jesus we will have no further concern about keeping the house warm, or, in other words, about anything down here. All is left behind. Up there we will have Jesus and He will be enough to satisfy the heart.
Yes, dear little ones, we shall leave everything for Him then, and we ought now to be living for Him and not thinking too much about the things down here. Think and read about that kind and long Saviour with whom we are soon going to live forever and ever, and, young as you are, you will find every day, something to do for Him. I.
ML 08/20/1899