GEORGE was determined not to hear the gospel, so in order to escape the gospel preaching on Sunday, he got on his bicycle and rode off into the country.
But God followed him there. As he rode along the country road, his attention was arrested by a piece of green paper tacked onto a gate post. Getting off his bike he got near enough to read it. Imagine his surprise when his eyes fell on the words, “PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD,” printed in bold letters. George stood speechless. God had sent that message to him there, and he could go no further. He sat down by the side of the road convicted, and no longer fighting God. The hour had come when he must decide to be Christ’s, or to go in fully for sin and the world. He weighed the matter well, looked at the issues for time and eternity and said, “It will be Christ for me.”
Getting back on his bicycle he pedaled home. That evening found him at the gospel meeting, and tang his stand among the people of God, he told what the Lord had done for his soul. His was a genuine conversion. The Lord gave him power to give up his old habits and companionships which were leading him down to hell. From then on he used his bicycle in the service of the Lord, going from village to village preaching the glad gospel news, and seeking to win sinners to the Saviour.
Reader, have you been converted? Are you ready to meet God? One day you must meet Him, ready or not. Where will you spend eternity? If you have not been converted to God, you cannot, and will not, go to heaven. “Ye must be born again.” Salvation will be yours when you receive Christ as your own and only Saviour. Say, will you do so now?
ML-07/31/1966