Imagine being rushed to hospital where a doctor says you’ll die unless you have the right treatment. He then prescribes some medicine and says, “If you take this, I can tell you with total certainty that you will get well.”

Now, what would you do? Would you lie there on your sickbed, knowing that the doctor has given you the medicine to get better? No, that’s not enough. To live, you actually have to take the medicine!

It’s the same with Jesus. You may believe everything the Bible says about Him. But if you never ‘take Him’—that is, trust Him and His work on the cross for yourself—you will be just as lost as if you had openly rejected Him.

A relationship with Jesus is not a case of simply knowing certain facts about Him. It is personally accepting Him into your life and saying, “Save me, Lord Jesus. I believe that You can and will.” That’s ‘taking the medicine’—receiving Jesus Christ for yourself! Have you done that? If not, why not?

By: Richard DeHaan

To Pray About . . .

Jesus, I humbly seek You and ask that You will save me.