WE had just started our meeting for the young on a Friday evening, when we were interrupted by the appearance at the door of a little boy, brought in by someone who inquired if any of the children knew him or where he lived as he was lost.
None of them seemed to know him. Evidently he had wandered from home farther and farther until he could not find his way back again, then he began to cry, thus attracting the attention of the person who had brought him to the door of the schoolroom.
No doubt his friends were sorrowfully seeking him, and how anxious they would be until the little wanderer was found. Our inquiries were soon rewarded, and the little boy was taken back to his brothers and sisters. How pleased they were to see him again, and how glad he was to be at home in safety.
Does not this remind us of the Lord Jesus, who came to seek and to save that which was lost? He is the tender Shepherd who went after His lost sheep until He found it. He left the brightness of His home above that He might have the joy of bringing us there cleansed from all our sins and made fit for His presence. Have you found out that you are lost, and are you glad to flee to Him for refuge? If so, you can sing joyfully, “I WAS LOST, BUT JESUS FOUND ME.”
It is a very necessary thing that we should learn that we are sinners in God’s sight and thus need a Savior. God loves you, but He does not love sin. He must punish that. It was God’s loving kindness that gave Jesus to die for us, to be punished in our stead. What wonderful love He has shown to us, who were lost and in our sins, away from God. Will He hear you when you cry? He will, and He will answer you too. He says, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble: and I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify Me.” Psa. 50:1515And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalm 50:15).
A day of trouble would be when we discover that we are helpless, and the Lord Jesus is the only one who can save us. O, He is such a precious Savior, just the Savior you need. You need Him, dear boy or girl, and He desires that you should give your heart to Him.
It is sad to be lost in this world, to be wandering away from home and from those who love and care for us, but O, how terrible sad to have turned away our faces from the God who loves us, and has given His own Son for us. He died on the cross to show us God’s love and His own, and in order that our sins might be put away Forever; and now He lives for us at God’s right hand. Listen to what He says.
“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me.” Isa. 44:2222I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. (Isaiah 44:22).
“No longer delay,
But come back today.”
One there is who loves thee,
O, receive Him now;
He has waited all the day,
Why waitest thou?”
ML-08/08/1920