LINKS IN A CHAIN OF BLESSING

 By FAH

It was one of England’s darkest moments! Her armies had retreated from the Continent; France had fallen, and the local Authorities were busily engaged in removing road signs and everything else that could be of help to an invading force.

My wife and I were returning by car from the large Midland city of Birmingham, where we had attended a meeting for prayer and study of the Scriptures. On the outskirts of the city we picked up two young R.A.F. boys who had “thumbed” a lift. As they sat in the back of the car one of them suddenly said, “Things look very black, sir.” I replied, “That depends very much upon which way one is looking.” He then said; “I don’t think it is military skill that has given Hitler his victories; I think he owes much to “fifth-columnists,” and I hope there are none of them in this country, because we do not want to see the best army in the world spoiled and defeated in that way, do we?” I said, “Yes, I think you have a point there, my boy; but tell me, which army are you referring to as the “best army in the world”?” He replied, “the British Army, of course, don’t you think so, too?” As I replied, “No I don’t,” I watched through the driving mirror his look of absolute consternation, and the same look upon the face of the other boy, who was in fact his brother.

As they exchanged startled glances (I think they must have taken me for a “fifth-columnist”) one of them asked, “Which is the best army in the world then?” Speaking very quietly and gently I said, “The best army in the world is the one the Apostle Paul was thinking of when he wrote to a young man named Timothy, exhorting him to be a “good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2 v.3).” “Oh, yes sir, that’s right! We say our prayers, don’t we -?” His brother said, “We have had boots thrown at us for saying our prayers!” “Good for you,” I replied, “but why do you say your prayers?” It was a surprising question; surprising to myself, certainly to my wife and to the two boys also. “Everyone should say their prayers, sir, shouldn’t they?” “Indeed they should, but why do you say your prayers?”

After a pause I continued, “I think I can tell you why you say your prayers; you have a praying mother at home!” It was a “bow at a venture” (“in simplicity” – margin reading of 1 Kings 22 v.34), but the arrow went home. “Indeed we have, sir!” As I brought the car to a standstill all our eyes were filled with tears. The “saying prayers” and the “boot throwing” were things of a somewhat distant past; the Bibles given by a godly mother were neglected (“at the bottom of my kit”) – but as we spoke together of the preciousness of the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, affections were revived and the two boys left us with a determination that the prayers of a godly mother should be fully answered.

Why do I tell this simple, true story? For two reasons – first, there may be some boy or girl away from the influence of a godly home, the atmosphere of which has been largely forgotten. They have often heard of the preciousness of Christ and of His saving work on Calvary’s cross, but have never yielded themselves to Him in reality. If such read these words, will you turn to Him NOW? He has been waiting for you, and watching over you; He died to save you. Is He not worthy of your trust?

At the end of 1915, I lay for some weeks in a hospital ward in which there were men who had been badly injured. Many topics were discussed from bed to bed as the evenings drew on, but before “lights out” all who could sing joined in a simple hymn. It was, “There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus, no not one!” How many of those men sang the words from the heart I cannot tell, but there was something very touching about men who had been strong and well, some of whom were now approaching death, joining with those of us who did know the Saviour in the singing of that simple verse. There are moral as also physical dangers in the world, and you need a Friend! There is no Friend in the whole world to compare with Jesus! Powerful, loving, constant, full of understanding and sympathy. Make Him your Saviour NOW.

Secondly, there may be praying mothers (and fathers) who will read this. Continue in prayer; “effectual fervent prayer … availeth much.” The eye of the Saviour is upon the one whom you speak to Him of. He has His own wonderful way and His own exact time in which those prayers shall be answered. The works of the poet are very true:

God moves in a mysterious way, -

His wonders to perform.

From “Personal Evangelism”

By F.A. H

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