Jack likes bubbles, and chases them around the room. They are very pretty to look at while they last, but that is only for a minute or two, when Jack tries to catch them in his hand they are gone. Bubbles, therefore, are very useless things after all. They please for a moment, then pass away.
I have known many boys and girls, yes, older men and women too, who are very fond of chasing bubbles. Not exactly the soap and water kind, that Jack chases, but bubbles every bit as hard to get hold of.
Some are chasing the bubble of pleasure, very pretty while it lasts, but never can be gotten enough of to satisfy; at death it is gone, and often much sooner than that.
Others chase the bubble of riches and power; they want to be wealthy and great in this world. So eager are they to get hold of these great bubbles that they lose their souls in the attempt to reach them. Then they die with no provision for eternity.
Still others eagerly grasp after the bubbles of popularity and fame. I know many young folks who like to be popular.
But how foolish it is to chase these poor bubbles which only last for a brief passing moment, and then collapse forever. To possess Christ and the riches of His grace, is to have that which will never flee from your grasp. Dear boys and girls, can you truly say, “Jesus is mine?”
To have Christ and His salvation now, with a title to eternal glory hereafter, is no bubble, but a blessed reality. Let me tell you, there are hundreds of boys and girls who are in possession of these abiding realities. They have Christ as their Saviour. They are saved and satisfied, peaceful and happy here, and can look forward to that blessed home and rest in heaven. Are you?
ML 01/03/1965