HER little pet was gone. The cage door had been left unfastened, the window was open, and the bird had flown.
Those who have suffered similar losses will understand what the child felt when she made the discovery. She thought all was well when she went to sleep at night, but when she awoke she learned her loss.
As I thought about it my mind turned to other things. I began to think of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His beloved people.
This blessed event may happen at any time. It will occur, we are told, “in a moment, in the twinkling; of an eye at the last trump.”
It is for
“THOSE THAT ARE CHRIST’S”
that He will come. As sinners they have fled to Him for refuge from judgment and sin. They have believed on Him and have confessed Him as their Lord and Saviour, and sought to live for His praise and honor. To them He says from the glory where He now is:
“Surely, I come quickly!”
And their hearts answer His blessed message with the invitation:
“Even so, come, Lord Jesus!”
WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND?
They will awake at last from their sleep of folly and sin, and find that the Christians who have spoken with them, and at whom they have laughed, are gone, and gone forever. The door of blessing and salvation has been closed; and closed forever against all who have slighted and rejected the Saviour. They meant to be Christians someday, but it was always “Not yet”—and now—
IT IS TOO LATE.
O! what heart-rending sorrow will be theirs! To think that they have missed all the golden opportunities which they had. Their last chance came to them, and they let it slip, and now, unconverted, unsaved, undone, they have only to tread their way helplessly, hopelessly on to the judgment of God.
Awake, awake, dear children. The Lord is at hand. He is coming quickly. He is coming surely. He is coming soon.
ML 10/18/1925