"Access To High Places"

It was told back in the days of the Civil War, a man was sitting on a park bench in Washington, D.C. He was crying. He had found out that his son had deserted his post in battle and was to be shot by a firing squad. This father went to Washington hoping to speak face to face with the President and tell his story, hoping the President would intervene. The man couldn't get past the front gate to the White House. Each attempt, he was denied access, so he sat crying with a broken heart knowing his son's impending death. People passed by with little concern.

Finally, a small boy took notice of the man's crying and went over to him. The little boy asked him if he was alright. The man was barely able to speak but told the little boy about his son and what was going to happen. The boy looked at the man and said, "Come on, follow me!" They walked up to the front gate and the boy said to the soldier, "It's okay. He's with me!" The gate opened and they marched right up to the front door of the White House, opened it and walked right in. The little boy knew exactly right where the President was. He knocked on a door, and was told that the President was meeting with his cabinet members and generals. The little boy was unphased and nudged his way through the room full of people finally reaching the President and jumped up in his lap. The room went silent. The boy said, "Daddy, I want you to meet a man. He really needs your help." The little boy motioned with his hand for the man to come in and the man related his story to the President. After hearing the man's plight, Abraham Lincoln took out his pen and signed a document, handing it to the man. Written in bold letters, it said: "Presidential pardon. Signed, Abraham Lincoln, President of the U.S." The man's son was pardoned! His tears turned from sadness to tears of great joy. As the man was leaving, he turned to the President and asked, "Why did you do this for me?" Mr. Lincoln replied, "I did it because my SON took an interest in your situation."

"For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly." (Rom. 5:6) "For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us." (Heb. 9:24) "Therefore He is able to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercessions for them." (Heb. 7:25)