JUST look at these children! What a fine time they are having under the arbor which is rustic and elegant. They have had a good feast, and now they are eating some fruit and cake. They all seem so happy, and they look like children who are not poor, but evidently have homes and circumstances similar to this one.
No doubt, those who have prepared the feast, will soon be bidden to a feast at the homes of the guests, so in that way they are repaid again. This may be all right at times, under certain circumstances, but we ever need to remember that scripture,
The poor children do not often have this opportunity, and we should be glad to take advantage of any opportunity to do good to all, in temporal things, and more than that, make such an opportunity the time to tell them about the Lord Jesus as their Saviour.
But if we do not know the Lord Jesus as our own Saviour, we cannot be pointing others to Him; but if we know Him, and can say, "He died for me," or in the language of Scripture, say,
then it will be our joy to speak of Him to others, that they too may be attracted to Him, and say, "He died for me."
It is well to be doing good to others in the temporal things, but that which is of the greatest importance is the eternal welfare.
May we who know the Lord Jesus, be faithful, so that we may not miss an opportunity to speak for our blessed Lord, and so love our fellow companions; also that we may be glad to hand out tracts, that will point them to the Lord Jesus.
Messages of God’s Love 10/9/1932