Farmer Goodrich took me with him when he went out to call his bull in from the field. When we arrived at the pasture, there wasn’t a bull or any other creature in sight. It was a very long stretch of pasture, going downhill for quite a distance, and at the bottom was a lot of brush and small trees.
With a high-pitched voice, Mr. Goodrich began making the strangest moo calls that I have ever heard. He mooooooed over and over again. Seemingly out of nowhere, out of the brush and up the hill, a large bull and two cows came running. They came right up to Mr. Goodrich as though they were saying, “Here we are. What do you want?”
Not being from the country, this was all quite interesting to me. As I watched, it reminded me of a verse from the Bible that says, “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib [stall]” (Isaiah 1:33The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. (Isaiah 1:3)). Watching the animals obey as they came running to their master’s call was a lesson for me.
And you know, boys and girls, the Lord Jesus is calling to you also. What is He saying? Just simply, “Come unto Me.” COME TO ME! Have you come to Jesus? Do you know Him? If you haven’t done so yet, won’t you listen to His voice and come to Him right now? Just tell Him that you have heard Him say, “Come unto Me,” and that you want to come to Him to have your sins washed away. Won’t you do that now?
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