Jimmie Angus was dying. He was just sixteen, and had been a strong boy 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. 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 Jimmie’s side and they were talking together of their happy days as friends, knowing that they must soon part. Both Jimmie and Sinclair had gone to Sunday school tether, and had believed the glorious gospel message of the love of God in sending His Son, the Lord Jesus, to die for sinners. They knew they would meet again in the glory.
Just as they parted, Sinclair said, “Well, Jimmie, you are nearing 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.’ " Isa. 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!”
The very next day Jimmie’s life was over, and he entered the heavenly harbor where the Lord Jesus was waiting to welcome him home.
Dear reader, 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-07/01/1979