“From the Manger to Messiah”

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A railway train was climbing a very steep grade up the mountainside and a lady passenger became very nervous. As the conductor passed through the car she clutched his sleeve and asked:

Sermon: “From the Manger to Messiah”

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23. Suppose That the Brakes Fail

A railway train was climbing a very steep grade up the mountainside and a lady passenger became very nervous. As the conductor passed through the car she clutched his sleeve and asked:

“Conductor, suppose anything goes wrong with the engine while we are climbing the mountain, what will happen to us?”

“The air brakes are good, madam.”

“But suppose something goes wrong with them?”

“We have other brakes, madam, and they are in good condition.”

“But suppose all the brakes fail, what then?”

“That, madam,” answered the conductor earnestly, “depends upon how you have lived.”

We smile at the woman’s foolish fears. Yet, how many things depend upon how we have lived? You cannot enjoy the comfort and security of the child of God unless you let Jesus into your life. You can accept Christ as your Saviour and find “an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast.”

People are often so wise for their bodies and yet so foolish for their souls. So busy with the rush for material things that they forget the spiritual and fail to remember that the future life is so largely dependent upon the present manner of living.

Listen!

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” ()

Will you do this now?

—T. DeCourcy Rayner

Rayner, T. D. (1972). Suppose that the Brakes Fail. In Fifty-Two Invitation Illustrations (pp. 32–33). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.