Last winter two young men, Al and Bob, took a vacation trip through the southwestern United States. They enjoyed the beautiful, warm climate of southern California. As they traveled tards their home, the road they were driving on took them higher and higher into the Rocky Mountains.
Darkness came and at the same time it began to snow. It soon developed into a blizzard, and they had trouble seeing the road. All of a sudden their car stalled right in the middle of the highway. They tried and tried to get it running, but the engine wouldn’t start. They were really stuck! Here they were with a blizzard raging outside and a wilderness all around them without a house or store anywhere in sight. There was not one thing they could do to get their car started so they could continue on their trip.
Isn’t this the condition of each of us when we are born into this world? We are born sinners and we begin life traveling on that broad road that leads to hell. We can do nothing to get on that other road which leads to heaven. We are like these young people who were stuck and unable to do one thing to get themselves going again. Wouldn’t it be sad if the story ended here!
Al and Bob knew the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour, and they had memorized many verses from the Bible. One verse they remembered was “Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.” Psalms 50:1515And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalm 50:15). So they called on the Lord—they prayed and asked that somehow He would send someone to help them get their car started. Before they were even finished praying, a car stopped right behind them and a kind man got out to see what was wrong. He drove Al to the nearest town, twenty miles away, to get the part they needed, while Bob stayed with the car. Then he brought Al back and even helped put the part in the car. They got the car started, thanked the man, and continued on their trip again. The Lord Jesus heard their prayer and He answered it—right away!
Al and Bob had done all they could, but with no success. They needed help from someone else. You and I were completely helpless in our sins and going to hell. The Lord Jesus came to this earth and was punished by God on the cross for our sins if we believe on Him. He came right to where we were and has helped us out of our awful condition as sinners. He is the only Way by which we can get going on that new road that leads to heaven. All you have to do is to believe on Him, that He died for your sins, and you will be saved immediately. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31). Just like the kind man who would not leave Al and Bob until he was sure they were on their way again, so the Lord Jesus is “long-suffering..., not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:99The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9). Won’t you believe in Him right now?
ML-12/07/1980