A Christian lady was traveling on the train toward Toronto, when a young ‘girl not yet twenty years of age entered the coach and took a seat beside her. It was a bright sunny day, and the lady turned. and smiled. “Isn’t it a beautiful day?” The young girl tried to smile, but a tear rolled down her cheek as she just managed to whisper, “Yes.”
The Christian looked to the Lord for wisdom, and then tried once more to start a conversation.
“Are you in trouble?”
There was a long pause.
“Yes, I am.”
“Is it family trouble, or bereavement?”
“No.”
“Perhaps it is soul trouble?”
“Yes, that’s what it is.”
Then the young girl began to tell her that some time ago she had become anxious about her soul, and had gone to hear many preachers, had prayed and tried every means to get salvation, but was still as unhappy as ever.
“Have you ever turned to Jesus alone?”
“No. There is no Saviour for me.” “Do you mean to say that Jesus died for others, but not for you?”
“It seems like it.”
The Christian lady opened her Bible and began to read, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16). She stressed the word “whosoever,” and then added,
“Are you included in the ‘whosoever,’ or does it mean everybody but you?”
There was no answer for a moment, and then the unhappy look slowly went away, a happy smile came in its place, and the young girl happily replied, “I see it now, I see it now. Jesus died for me!”
Dear reader, you may be a child, or you may be older, but you are certainly included in God’s “whosoever.” Can you say, “Jesus died for me?”
ML 02/26/1950