The Lord Jesus bade his disciples rejoice because their names were written in heaven.
It is a small matter whether our names are written high on earth. Its fame and honor are passing. The greatest among men are soon forgotten or remembered only as characters of history. Time passes and the memory of them dies.
It is a great matter, however, if our names are inscribed on heaven’s roll, entered in the Lamb’s book of life there. That will abide when the stars shall cease to shine and the sun no longer give its light.
The story is told of one who longed know her name was written in heaven and who got her heart’s desire.
On the shore at a seaside resort, a Christian who loved the children, had been writing texts upon the sand. With his cane he had traced,
“Come unto Me.”
“Look unto Me and be ye saved,” and others.
It was then, that a little girl coming up to him, asked him if he would write her name upon the sand. Having found out what her name was, he drew a frame and then put her name within it. Like this
Nellie Smart. (though that was not her name).
Then, taking her little hand in his, he told her that the name on the sand would soon be washed out by the returning tide and asked her if her name was written in heaven where it could never be rubbed out.
She told him that she knew that it was not written there and that, as yet, she did not know the Lord as her Saviour. The thought of her name not being written in heaven was constantly with her. She knew she was not right but longed to be. And this desire deepened and strengthened until at last she turned to the Lord Jesus, seeking His salvation. He is found of all who seek Him sincerely and soon she was rejoicing in Him, and able to say that, knowing Him as her own personal Saviour, she knew that her name was enrolled on high.
She has now grown into young womanhood and is in China, helping in the work of the Lord, in making Hint known as the Saviour of sinners, and the Lover of our souls.
Is YOUR name written in heaven? Do not rest until you know that it is. Jesus said,
Those who know Him as their own Saviour, have their names written in the Book of Life, and they can never be rubbed out.
ML 08/03/1939