Just as you are you are invited to come to Christ for His great and glorious salvation.
You have not to better your condition, or alter your state, or to try to furbish up yourself. No, He who says, “Come unto Me,” calls you to come at once, without change or delay of any kind.
The story is told of Queen Victoria sending a telegram to one of the workmen—a mason—employed upon her estate. She wanted his presence immediately and the words she inscribed upon the form were,
“Sandy, come at once, just as you are.”
When Sandy received the message he was at work and in his rough clothes. At first he thought, I must go home and change my clothes in order to go to the Queen. But as he read it again he saw that he was called to go at once, and just as he was.
The Queen understood that he might be untidy and consider himself unfit for an interview with her, and so it was that she had used the words she had done.
“Come at once, just as you are,” to Christ.
He knows your sinful condition better than you do, and in grace He calls you. “Today, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart.” Heb. 4:7.
All things are now ready. There is a suit for you to wear, and a seat at the fully furnished table of salvation (Matt. 22:1-14).
Delay not another hour, vainly thinking you will be better fit to come later on. This is one of the devil’s wiles to keep you from Christ. You will never be better fitted to come. You will never have a better opportunity to come, and you may never have another. Come now.
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Cor. 6:2.
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. 1:15.