A DEAR little boy who was quite sick, and while sitting quietly with his mother, she said to him: “My darling boy, it makes me sad to have you so sick, and I scarcely bear to think of the possibility of your being taken away from me. But if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ all your Saviour, so that I could know that you were with Him, it would relieve me greatly, and I could be glad to know that you were there.”
“Well, Ma,” he answered, “I do. and sometimes it makes me real happy, but I cannot keep the glad feeling all, the time, but I know I belong to Him.”
Then the mother’s heart was satisfied, and she said, in telling it: “I think I could let him go with confidence now, if it were the Lord’s will.”
I suppose many little ones understand this boy’s feelings about not keeping their glad thoughts all the time. Play and study and the talk of the day come in, and you seem to forget. But do you think that at any moment, when Christ is spoken of, you can say: “I know He saved me, and I belong to Him”? And does it make a difference to you, in your play and all your dealings with others, what Christ thinks of what you do? Possibly not all the time, but He always thinks of us; that is the great thing. And He knows how weak and forgetful we are, and how liable to do wrong every hour, and so He is up there in heaven before God for us. But if we do sin, He is our Advocate, and when we confess our naughtiness God, our Father, is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If you really believe on the Lord Jesus Christ you are His, and He will keep you safe.
ML 02/02/1902