Far away in the land of India there are millions of people who worship idols. But there are also many missionaries in that land who go about telling people of the true God; and of the Lord Jesus, His Son, whom He sent into this world. This story that I am about to tell you happened in the Godavery district of India.
Two natives there had accepted the Lord Jesus, and were happy Christians. Their one little daughter, who was not yet able to walk, was playing one day on the floor of the little home, while mother was busy. The baby slowly crawled outside in the yard, and began to look for something to play with. Just a few moments later, mother looked out into the yard, and there she saw her little daughter had found something to amuse her, but what do you think it was? A big snake! The little child didn’t know her danger, and wasn’t a bit afraid, but the poor mother knew that at any moment the snake might bite her. She knelt right down and prayed to God for deliverance for her little one. As she rose from her knees, a kitten came into the yard, and the child immediately turned from the snake and reached for the little kitten.
I am sure that God took care of that little one, and kept the poisonous snake from harming her. And I believe there is a lesson in the story for us all.
Sin is like that poisonous snake. It may seem quite harmless and interesting, but it is poisonous and dangerous! “Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:1515Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (James 1:15). But to the heart that has found the Lord Jesus as Saviour, there is something which is so much better and sweeter that the old pleasures lose much of their attraction and interest.
The mother quickly ran and picked up her child and hurried inside with wars of thankfulness to the Lord. And the Lord is waiting to deliver you from the wages and the power of sin, if you will come to Him now.
ML 02/04/1951