A man in China had on the wall a clock of which he was very proud, for not many Chinese have clocks in their homes. But one day his clock stopped. The Chinaman was very upset about it. All the winding and tweaking he did was of no use—it just would not go.
At last he took off the two hands and brought them to a watchmaker, saying to him: “These two hands will not move. Please, fix them.” But the watchmaker answered: “You are a stupid man, go home and bring me the whole clock and then I will be able to make the two hands go round.” When he had brought him the clock, the watchmaker was able to repair it.
It is the same with us, dear children, for when our hands do naughty things, it is our hearts that are wrong. We must bring them to the Lord Jesus who alone can cleanse them in His precious blood and set things right. How foolish to try to stop this bad habit or that, without first coming to the Lord Jesus to be saved.
ML 02/05/1956