TOM WAS an office clerk in Kisumu, a town on Lake Victoria, in Africa. One evening when he was riding his bicycle home from work he made a wonderful discovery.
As he was riding along he noticed the car in front of him seemed to be in trouble. Its gears made a terrible noise. In the car were two ladies whom Tom recognized as Christian teachers who went about the schools telling the children about the Lord.
Suddenly a piece of paper flew out of the car window, and one of the ladies made a vain attempt to catch it. Blown by the wind the paper fell to the road in front of Tom. Stopping and jumping off his bike he picked up the leaflet thinking it might be something important. On the front cover were the words, “Four Things God Wants You To Know!”
“This looks interesting,” Tom thought. And he sat down by the roadside to read the message.
It was a gospel tract and as he read it through he discovered that God loved him and sent His Son the Lord Jesus to die for his sins. Now Tom knew he was a sinner and this seemed to be just the message for him at that time. “This is wonderful,” he exclaimed aloud.
He thought much about the message of that little leaflet that night. A sense of the love of God filled his heart and a peace which passeth all understanding.
The next day with this new peace in his heart he wanted to tell everyone he met of the wonderful Saviour he had found in Jesus. A few days later he stood up before a crowd and told them how God had spoken to him and that he had learned the four things He wanted Tom to know.
Now there are many other wonderful things God wants us to know, but Tom had made a good start. He had come to know Christ Jesus, and was on his way to heaven.
ML-12/01/1974