Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Years ago the little book Steps to Christ had a cover picture of a well-dressed (successful!) but sinful man kneeling at the feet of Jesus, with the Savior putting His arms around the broken hearted man. Everyone who saw the cover recognized his own portrait.
Is there anyone who does not fit into that picture--that is, if he/she is aware of reality? The Father did not send His Son into the world to help people who don't need a Savior. "I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick" (Matt. 9:13, 12). Don't envy the people who think they are "whole," who don't feel any need for a Savior. Jesus said of them, "Verily I say unto you, They have their reward" (6:2)--saddest words that could be spoken of any "successful" person! What they "have" is all they'll ever get, whether in this life or the next. The truth is that there is more joy in kneeling at the feet of Jesus with tears than "enjoying" a rollicking Christless "success."
Why? He says, "The Spirit of the Lord ... hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted" (Isa. 61:1; Luke 4:18). If you can fit yourself into that category, then you "have" something really great: "Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones" (Isa. 57:15; the Hebrew word "revive" is used of thirsty corn refreshed by summer rain, Hos. 14:7).
Don't be ashamed to admit that you need a Savior 100%, that you can't even go through one day without Him holding your hand. You're getting hold of eternal life, and that's something nice to have even now.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 18, 2001.
Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
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