Possessing Our Possessions

“He that … believeth … hath everlasting life.” John 5:24
Believing God’s testimony is like endorsing a check and cashing it. A gentleman went into the home of a very poor old lady who had applied for relief. He saw something on the wall that attracted his attention. It was a piece of paper in a neat frame.
He asked, “What is that on the wall?”
She replied, “I just don’t know what it is, but it is a paper my uncle sent me and I just don’t like to throw it away and so I keep it there in remembrance of him.”
He exclaimed, “Don’t you see what it is!”
“No, I just don’t understand it.”
“Well, it’s a bank check. Look! There is the name of the bank on which it is drawn and it says, ‘Pay to Jennie Johnson the sum of $5,000.00’ and there is your uncle’s name at the bottom of it.”
“What,” she said, “did he intend me to have that money? and I have been living in poverty all these years!”
How many people are like that. They believe the Word and God’s promises — in a certain sense. They know Jesus died to put away sin. But they have never cashed in, they have never trusted Him for themselves.