A GENTLEMAN whom I know has a strange thing hanging on his dining-room wall. It is not a picture, it is not a text it is not a calendar.
What do you think it can be?
It is a large card with a nice frame to it. On the card these two words are printed: “PERHAPS TODAY.”
Why does the gentleman have these two words hung up on the wall of his dining-room? What do they mean?
I will tell you. That gentleman loves the Lord Jesus Christ, and he has read in his Bible that one day He will come again. It may be any day. The gentleman will not be a bit afraid when Jesus comes. He knows that all his sins are washed away by His precious blood, and he longs to see the face of the Saviour who has done so much for him. So he put the card with the two words on his dining-room wall. When he comes down to breakfast each morning he sees “PERHAPS TODAY” in front of him. He remembers that Jesus has promised to come again, and that perhaps He may come before another day is passed, with all its cares. We do not know when the Lord will come. Perhaps it will be today. Shall you be glad when He comes? Or are you still unsaved, and not ready to meet Him? Perhaps your loved ones are ready. Are you?
A dear old servant of God, now in heaven, used to say whenever he went to bed at night,
“Perhaps He will come before the morning.” In the morning when he got up to dress, he used to say,
“Perhaps He will come before evening.” He was looking out for the Saviour. Are you?
A little girl, eleven years of age, said to her mother: “Mother, as I came up the lane just now, I saw the clouds moving very swiftly along the sky. So I stood still and looked up, for I thought that if the Lord Jesus was coming, how I should like to be the very first to see Him!”
Perhaps you can’t understand this at all. It would frighten you, instead of making you happy, if you thought that the Lord would come today. Ah! you need to know Him as your own Saviour, and to be washed from your sins in His precious blood, before you can look forward with joy to His coming again.
Will you learn a verse from the Bible about Jesus coming again? Here it is:
“For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” Heb. 10:3737For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. (Hebrews 10:37). Look for it in your Bible. See if you can sing this verse of a hymn:
“Jesus is coming! sing the glad word!
Coming for those He redeemed by His blood;
Coming to reign as the glorified Lord, Jesus is coming again!”
If you are not ready, even now “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” as your own personal Saviour, and you will know the joy of sins forgiven, become a child of God, and have implanted in your heart a desire to say “Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.”
ML 06/08/1924