There's No Hurry (#247)

Bible version used: KJV

A man once had a dream in which he seemed to be standing in the midst of an assembly of evil spirits. On the throne sat
their ruler, Satan, grasping the scepter of wickedness in his hand.

Summoning his subjects about him, Satan said in a loud voice, “Who will go to earth and persuade men to accomplish the ruin of their souls?”

One of the attendant spirits said, “I
will go.”

“And how will you persuade them?” asked Satan.

“I will persuade them,” was the answer, “that there is no Heaven.”

But Satan replied, “No, that will not do. You will never be able to force such a belief on most of mankind. That conviction of a better life to come is too deep-seated in the hearts of men.”

Then a second spoke up and said, “I
will go.”

“And how will you persuade them?”
asked Satan.

“I will persuade them that there is
no Hell.”

But again Satan answered, “That will not do. You will never persuade most men
that that is so. Man’s conscience will
witness against you and defeat your ends. We must have something else, something which will appeal to all classes, ages and dispositions and which will be acceptable to the human race as a whole.”

Thereupon a dark spirit glided forward and said, “Satan, I will go.”

“And what will you tell them?” asked Satan.

“I will tell them,” answered the spirit, “that there is no hurry–no hurry to be saved, that tomorrow will be soon enough!”

Satan laughed with pleasure, for he knew this spirit could ruin many souls.

He was the spirit chosen to go, and still he is abroad in the earth whispering to the hearts of men: There is still sufficient time to seek God. There is no hurry.

Reader, are you one who has been
persuaded to let your relationship with God wait? What are you waiting for?

The Holy Bible says:

Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
Isaiah 55:6

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16

Rev. Julius Vanden Hoek