A young man, a South Sea Islander, came loitering about my house in an unusual way. Knowing him to be one of the baser sort, I said, "Friend, have you any business with me?" Tears gushed into his eyes, and he could hardly speak at first; at length he said:
"You know I am a wicked man. Shame covers my face and holds me back. Today I have broke through all fear. I want to know if there is room for me? Can I expect mercy?"
When asked how such thoughts came into his mind, he replied,
"I was at work putting up my garden fence. I was greatly wearied and sat down on a little hill bank to rest, and said within myself, 'All this great garden, and death for my soul. Oh, what shall I do.' "
This made him unhappy, and he resolved he would go to the missionary, that he might learn how he could find the way to a better world, where there is no death. From this time on he listened to God's Word. The Spirit of God wrought in him "repentance toward God"; he had faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and became a Christian.
Dear reader, you may have many things in this world for your body, but what have you got for your soul for eternity? The Lord Jesus asks you what will it profit you if you gain the whole world and lose your own soul (Mark 8:3636For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36)). It is a terrible exchange to take the things of this world and refuse God's greatest and best gift. Have you accepted Him as your Saviour?
Messages of the Love of God 9/7/1958