<TITLE>15. Par 170-179</TITLE>L-170 And don't you think that we're just a little too much took up with such stuff as that? Oh, we have to polish the car. We can't go to church on Sunday. "Nah. Oh, I know Jesus comes to the church, but, my, I ain't got time to go over there. If--if I fail to get my oil changed today, it may burn my bearings out tomorrow." Burn them out. I'd rather my bearings to be burnt out, than my soul to torment in hell through all eternity. Don't miss your opportunity. It's presented to every man and woman in this world, daily, like that, but they fail to get to see their opportunity.
He failed it. There he was.
But we got other things to do. The children has got to be taken care of. "We can't go to church, too many kiddies to get ready." Take them, anyhow. "Well, the--the neighbors will say something." What do you care what the neighbors says? Use every opportunity. Get to Jesus; that's the main thing. Don't be took up with the affairs of the world. We spend too much time on those things. Make your way to Him. And when you get there, pour out your soul to Him.

L-173 Not say, "Lord, I will serve You next year if You'd give me a Cadillac instead of this Ford. Lord, I will do this, and this and that, and that, if You'll do so-and-so."
Come, say, "Lord God, I'm no good; there's nothing in me. Forgive me. I'm a sinner." That's the way to do it. Don't stand off and be an actor, Pharisee. Don't run off with so many civil things, so much little petty stuff that don't mean nothing anyhow. Your automobile and everything you got will perish. Take care of your soul. Get it first. Straighten that up in there, till that deep, settled peace, that passes all understanding, comes sinking down into your heart, and you feel Him kiss away every stain. Then, brother, nobody will have to tell you what to do after that; you'll know what to do, yes, if you ever touched Him once. No man can ever come in His Presence, and talk to Him, and ever go away, and be the same person. You're always changed. When you talk to Him, there's an impression strikes your soul that you never forget it.

L-176 How I remember the first talk I had with Him. I was twenty-two years old. I was ashamed to talk to Him. I wrote Him a letter. I was going to tack it up on a tree in the woods, so He could read it. I was so ashamed of my life. And I thought, "Well, maybe He might not pass by that tree, but maybe He will hear me if I will just talk to Him." And I got down and said, "Mr. Jesus, I want to talk to You a minute. I'm the worst person in the world." I went away a different person. See, that's the way it is. It's your approach to Him. And you're realizing your need.
But the trouble of it is, we're too good. We feel we don't need Him. You got to feel the need of Jesus. You got to realize that He's--He's your only hope. You've got to be so thirsty, that you're ready to perish, then You'll make your way to Him. You won't come up with some civil question. You'll come up with the need of your soul. You'll come up telling Him what it's all about.

L-179 Off goes the courier. "Oh, it's all over now." And well satisfied, too. "Yeah, I--I've done my master's bidding." You might do your boss' bidding, on the job. You might do your husband's bid--bidding, about changing curtains or whatever, at the house. But what about Jesus' bidding? Pray. Certainly. There it is. Get to Him.
Now, the next thing we find, we find him going on. Now, in Palestine when they're making entertainment, only the rich... You have to be in the East, once, to--to know the East. Then you got a different view of things, if you're ever there and look how their customs are.


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