READ: Romans 10:9-13; Galatians 3:28

“Oh, look, Mom!” Alyssa picked up a pair of gloves in the store. “These would match my new winter jacket perfectly! But I doubt they’ll have my size—they haven’t had my size in anything else I wanted today.” Alyssa and her mother were having a rather unsuccessful shopping trip.

“Well, let’s have a look,” said Mom. “We might be able to order your size online if they don’t carry it in the store.”

Alyssa looked at the tag. “One size fits all.” She dropped the gloves. “Yeah, right. Those ‘one size’ things never fit me.”

“Try one on anyway,” said Mom. “Maybe you’ll be surprised.”

With a sigh, Alyssa picked up a glove and slipped her hand into it. “It fits!” she squealed in delight.

“How about that?” Mom looked at the price tag. “And the price is right too. Looks like you’ve got some new gloves!”

Back home, Alyssa told Dad about the shopping trip. “I never believe those ‘one size fits all’ tags,” she said. “But this time it told the truth!”

After Dad read a Bible passage for family devotions that evening, Mom grinned at Alyssa. “The verses Dad just read say that whoever calls on Jesus is saved. Do you know what that makes me think of, Alyssa? It makes me think of your ‘one size fits all’ gloves. These Bible verses assure us that salvation through Jesus Christ fits everybody. Anyone can be saved from sin and have eternal life by trusting Jesus as their Lord and Savior.”

“That’s right,” said Dad. “But you didn’t believe what the tag on the gloves said at first, did you, Alyssa? And some people might not believe what the Bible says about salvation. We might think we’re good enough and don’t need to be saved through Jesus. Or we may believe we’re too bad to ever be forgiven. What does God say?”

“He says we all need to trust Jesus as our Savior,” replied Alyssa.

“Yes, and He invites all of us to do that,” Dad said. “God offers salvation to everyone in the whole world! Anyone who accepts God’s offer and trusts in Jesus will be saved and spend eternity with Him.”

–Hazel W. Marett

How about you? Have you accepted God’s offer of salvation and trusted in Jesus? Maybe you don’t think you need to be saved because you’re a pretty good person already. Or maybe you think you’ve done too many bad things to ever be saved. Neither is true. Each one of us has done wrong and needs to be saved, but no one is out of God’s reach. He will save anyone who trusts in Jesus. (To learn more, go to Have You Heard the Good News?)

Today's Key Verse: Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13 (NIV)

Today's Key Thought: Salvation fits everybody