Come to
me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
Do I want to get there? I can
now. The questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all
answered by the words - "Come unto Me." Not - Do this, or don't do
that; but - "Come unto Me." If I will come to Jesus my actual life
will be brought into accordance with my real desires; I will actually cease
from sin, and actually find the song of the Lord begin.
Have you ever come to Jesus?
Watch the stubbornness of your heart, you will do anything rather than the one
simple childlike thing - "Come unto Me." If you want the actual
experience of ceasing from sin, you must come to Jesus.
Jesus Christ makes Himself
the touchstone. Watch how He used the word "Come." At the most
unexpected moments there is the whisper of the Lord - "Come unto Me,"
and you are drawn immediately. Personal contact with Jesus alters everything.
Be stupid enough to come and commit yourself to what He says. The attitude of
coming is that the will resolutely lets go of everything and deliberately
commits all to Him.
". . . and I will give you rest," i.e., I will stay you. Not -
I will put you to bed and hold your hand and sing you to sleep; but - I will
get you out of bed, out of the languor and exhaustion, out of the state of
being half dead while you are alive; I will imbue you with the spirit of life,
and you will be stayed by the perfection of vital activity. We get pathetic and
talk about "suffering the will of the Lord!" Where is the majestic
vitality and might of the Son of God about that?
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