DEAR children, have you ever thought of what it is to be lost; to get out of the path, and not able to find your way back?
A man and his wife attended a meeting, and after the meeting was over they wished to go to a friend’s home for the night, and in order to reach there, they were obliged I to walk some distance on the beach. They had been there before, and felt assured they could find their way. However, they started and were only half way, when they realized they were lost. They stood still to contemplate just what to do, for it was a very dark night. A man in the distance, on the shore, called out, hearing their voices,
“Are you lost?”
And they replied, “Yes.”
He said, “Stand just where you are, and I will come to you.”
This they did, so thankful for a guide, and this man took them to their destination.
Now dear ones, what do we learn from this incident? Why, just this: There is a Saviour for the lost.
How many of you, dear unsaved ones, are willing to take the place before God of being LOST?
A sheep is a very foolish thing: when it wanders away, it never finds its way back to the fold. The Shepherd goes after the lost sheep and brings it home; so the Lord Jesus Christ came into the world, to seek and to save that which was lost. What wonderful love and grace, dear ones. He is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Pet. 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).
ML 11/08/1925