March 26

Christ is able


“Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1: 21).
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings” (Psa. 40:2).

A converted Chinaman once said, “I was down in a deep pit, half sunk in the mire, crying for someone to help me out. As I looked up I saw a venerable gray-haired man looking down at me.
“‘My son,’ he said, ‘this is a dreadful place.’
“‘Yes,’ I answered, ‘I fell into it; can’t you help me out?’
“‘My son,’ was his reply, ‘I am Confucius. If you had read my books and followed what they taught, you never would have been here.’
“‘Yes, Father,’ I said, ‘but can’t you help me out?’
“As I looked he was gone.
“Soon I saw another form approaching, and another man bent over me, this time with closed eyes and folded arms. He seemed to be looking to some far-off place.
“‘My son,’ Buddha said, ‘just close your eyes and fold your arms, and forget all about yourself. Get into a state of rest. Don’t think about anything that can disturb. Get so still that nothing can move you. Then, my child, you will be in such a delicious rest as I am.’ 


“‘Yes, Father,’ I answered, ‘I will when I am above ground. Can’t you help me out?’ But Buddha, too, was gone.
“I was just beginning to sink into despair when I saw another Figure above me, different from the others. There were marks of suffering on His face. I cried out to Him, ‘O Father, can You help me?’
“‘My child,’ He said, ‘what is the matter?’
“Before I could answer Him, He was down in the mire by my side. He folded His arms about me and lifted me up; then He fed me and rested me. When I was well He did not say, ‘Now, don’t do that again,’ but He said, ‘We will walk on together now.’ And we have been walking together until this day.”
This was a poor Chinaman’s way of telling of the compassionate love and help of the Lord Jesus.—D. L. Moody.

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