A little boy was sitting looking out the window of the train as it traveled along through the desert part of the western states. It was not wintertime, as it is now, but it was a very hot day and coaches were not air-conditioned then, as most of them are today. The scenery was monotonous and the coach was very stuffy, but the little fellow sat quietly, even though he was all alone.
Finally a motherly old lady leaned forward and asked, “Aren’t you tired of the long ride and the dust and the heat?”
The little lad looked up and replied so brightly, “Yes, a little. But I don’t mind it much because my father is going to meet me when I get to the end of it.”
Happy boy! He knew his father was going to meet him and so the journey was lightened. He could bear the heat of the day as he thought of that. Dear reader, how is it with you? Perhaps you are having a long and tiresome journey through life. Perhaps it has been one of trouble and sorrow, but I wonder if you know where it is going to end. This is the end of the year 1956, but what about the end of your life on earth. Everyone is not going to have a bright ending to life’s journey, for the Bible says, “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Hebrews 9:2727And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27). If you should die in your sins, then God who is holy must punish your sins in a lost eternity. How sad it would be to have a life of sorrow in this world, and then step into eternity unprepared.
But, though God is holy, He loves sinners. In matchless grace He sent His Son down from heaven to die upon the cross of Calvary as the Sin-bearer, that we might be saved. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7). Would you not like your journey through life to end in the Father’s house in heaven? The dear little boy of whom we have been speaking was happy because he knew his train journey would end with a welcome and an embrace from his father, but I know something far better than that. When my life’s journey is over I have a home above, where I shall see the face of the Saviour who died for me, and God my Father will welcome me there. That is my eternal home. Dear reader, I wonder if you will be there too? If you take the Lord Jesus Christ right now as your own personal Saviour, all this will be yours.
The Lord Jesus said,
ML 12/30/1956