NEARLY sixty years ago a large sum of gold belonging to the Prussian Government was securely packed in a box and forwarded by rail.
When the box reached its destination it was opened, and to the consternation of the officials it was discovered that the gold had been abstracted, and sand had been put in its place.
Detectives were set to work. Large sums were spent in endeavoring to trace the theft, but all in vain.
At last it was suggested that the sand should be submitted to a capable analyst. He placed it under a powerful microscope, and discovered a minute organism of a peculiar kind present in the sand.
Then orders were given that samples of sand from all the stations through which the box had traveled should be forwarded. These were examined, with the result that one specimen alone contained these minute organisms.
The clue thus obtained was followed up. The station from whence this sample came was visited. The thieves were discovered, and duly brought to justice.
Does this not remind us that God can see in us the smallest organism of sin? We can hide nothing from Him. “The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” (Heb. 4:12, 1312For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (Hebrews 4:12‑13).)
Remember these things must be faced. No man sins, and can go on without giving account sooner or later.
Said a farmer, “I prepared my field on a Sunday, I sowed it on a Sunday, attended to it on Sundays, reaped it on a Sunday, threshed the wheat on a Sunday, and I got a bigger return than any of my neighbors. What do you say to that?”
The reply came, “God may not reckon with you this month, or this year, but reckon with you He will. Scripture says ‘Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.’” (Gal. 6:77Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7).)
Yes; God will reckon.
Are you prepared to be tracked, for your sin to be brought home to you in the Day of Judgment?
Rather, far rather, we beseech you, own yourself, in this day of grace, as a guilty, lost, hell-deserving sinner in God’s holy sight, accept the Saviour of His providing, receive God’s proffered mercy. Only thus can you be blest, saved and forgiven.
A. J. P.