Among the passengers in a street car, in which I was riding, were some little children with their father and mother. Presently the conductor called out “King Street!” At once the mother got out and took two of the children with her. The father was the last to leave, carrying in his arms a dear little boy about 4 years of age. As the father was hurrying to get out, the little fellow shouted so we could all hear, “Wait for me!”
You can guess how everyone smiled at the little fellow’s fear of being left behind, while his father’s strong arms bore him safely out to the others. And yet how much like this are some who love the Lord Jesus! You remember the beautiful story in Luke 15 of how the Good Shepherd sought and found the wandering sheep and then put it on His shoulders and carried it all the way home. What would you think now, if the sheep had cried out to the shepherd, “Wait for me!”
You would say, “Where the sheerd went, the sheep went too, because it was on his shoulders,” And so I would say to you, dear boys and girls who have put your trust in Jesus, that you are quite as safe as the Lord Jesus can make you, for He is carrying you Himself.
ML 08/12/1951