DAY 59 Read numbers 17 through 19.
Today's reading points up the importance of following God's will in every detail. The influence we exert may lead another person to decide for or against the right.
Memory gem: "With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments" (Psalm 119:10).
Thought for today:
At a large evangelistic meeting, a well-known preacher made an earnest appeal for men and women and young people to surrender to Christ. A number came, and among them a girl of fourteen or fifteen years. But as she came, she kept looking back to someone still in the audience.
When the group arrived at the front seats, the minister asked them to remain standing a moment while he made a last appeal for still others to come forward. While waiting there, this young girl kept looking back, so pitifully--and suddenly she could wait no longer. She turned and went back up the aisle and sat down by the side of a man who, the minister later learned, was her father. The minister waited, not knowing what it meant. She put her arms about her father's neck, and one sitting just behind heard her say, "Papa, you and I promised we would meet her in a better world, when she left us last year, and I want to keep that promise. I went forward that they might pray for me--I thought you would come. We have stayed together since Mother died, and I could not stay down there without you. I want to surrender to Christ tonight, but I cannot go without you. Won't you go with me there where the others are--and, with me, surrender to Christ?"
And this big, strong man trembled. He was one of the judges of one of the high courts of the state, and he said, "Little girl, Papa will go with you. You are right."
And together they came and knelt down. And when the prayer was over, the minister said, "Who has given his heart to Christ?" And the judge stretched out his hand and said, "I have." And the girl said, "So have I, Papa!" And she kissed him again and again.
What if he had not come? Oh friend, wait not for somebody else, because somebody else may be waiting for you! Your influence on the wrong side might mean eternal loss to someone.
Today's reading points up the importance of following God's will in every detail. The influence we exert may lead another person to decide for or against the right.
Memory gem: "With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments" (Psalm 119:10).
Thought for today:
At a large evangelistic meeting, a well-known preacher made an earnest appeal for men and women and young people to surrender to Christ. A number came, and among them a girl of fourteen or fifteen years. But as she came, she kept looking back to someone still in the audience.
When the group arrived at the front seats, the minister asked them to remain standing a moment while he made a last appeal for still others to come forward. While waiting there, this young girl kept looking back, so pitifully--and suddenly she could wait no longer. She turned and went back up the aisle and sat down by the side of a man who, the minister later learned, was her father. The minister waited, not knowing what it meant. She put her arms about her father's neck, and one sitting just behind heard her say, "Papa, you and I promised we would meet her in a better world, when she left us last year, and I want to keep that promise. I went forward that they might pray for me--I thought you would come. We have stayed together since Mother died, and I could not stay down there without you. I want to surrender to Christ tonight, but I cannot go without you. Won't you go with me there where the others are--and, with me, surrender to Christ?"
And this big, strong man trembled. He was one of the judges of one of the high courts of the state, and he said, "Little girl, Papa will go with you. You are right."
And together they came and knelt down. And when the prayer was over, the minister said, "Who has given his heart to Christ?" And the judge stretched out his hand and said, "I have." And the girl said, "So have I, Papa!" And she kissed him again and again.
What if he had not come? Oh friend, wait not for somebody else, because somebody else may be waiting for you! Your influence on the wrong side might mean eternal loss to someone.
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