Jamie Angus was dying He was just a boy of sixteen, and had been a strong lad, and a willing helper with his father, who had for years been a fisherman. In the days of his health, he often stood at the harbor and watched the fishing vessels borne into safety on the crests of the Atlantic waves. Often he had heard from the lips of a God-fearing fisherman a fervent “Thank God” as he stepped on shore. They knew their life was a dangerous one, and it was no easy thing to enter the harbor in a storm, but on the crest of a swelling wave they could be borne in to safety.
Sinclair was standing by Jamie’s side and they were talking together of their happy days as friends, knowing that they must soon part. Both Jamie and Sinclair had accepted the Lord Jesus as their Saviour, and so they knew that they would meet again in glory. They had gone to Sunday school together, and had heard the glorious gospel message of the love of God in senng His Son, the Lord Jesus, to die for sinners. Both had believed the gospel, and had come to Jesus and found in Him salvation and forgiveness.
Just as they parted, Sinclair said, “Well, Jamie, my friend, you are neang the harbor, and the word I would like to give you from the Lord is, ‘Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid.’” Isaiah 12:22Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. (Isaiah 12:2).
“Thank you; thank you, Sinclair. That will bear me in!”
Jamie was truly nearing the harbor, for the very next day his life was over, and he entered the harbor, trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ as His Saviour.
Dear reader, you have no assurance that you will he alive tomorrow. Have you a trust that will “bear you in?” Don’t trust in yourself, or your works, or your religion. Trust in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners.
ML 06/10/1951