Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:29
The great business of Christians is to learn Christ. This is not
just a subject to study. I want to ask you: What is the greatest desire in your
life? I wonder if it is the same as mine! The greatest desire in my heart – and
the longer I live the stronger it grows – is to understand the Lord Jesus.
There is so much that I do not understand about Him. I am always coming up against
problems about Him, and they are not intellectual problems at all, but
spiritual ones: problems of the heart. Why did the Lord Jesus say and do
certain things? Why is He dealing with me as He is? He is always too deep for
me, and I want to understand Him. It is the most important thing in life to
understand the Lord Jesus. Well, we are here that He may bring us to some
better understanding of Himself. The material of the Word will not be new – it
will be old and well-known Scripture. Perhaps we think that we know the Gospel
by John very well. Well, you may, but I do not. I am discovering that this
Gospel contains deeper truth and value than I know anything about....
The one business of disciples is to know Him, and to do what He
called His disciples to do: "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of
Me" (Matthew 11:29). Jesus came to bring heavenly knowledge in His
own person, and in His person we come into heavenly knowledge. It is not just
what He says: it is what He says He is. Every
true teacher is not one who says a lot of things, but one who, when he says
things, gives something of himself.
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