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“Come Unto Me”, April 10
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.
Matthew 11:28
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Many who hear this invitation, while sighing for rest, yet press on the rugged
path, hugging their burdens close to their heart. Jesus loves them, and longs to
bear their burdens and themselves also in His strong arms. He would remove the
fears and uncertainties that rob them of peace and rest; but they must first come to
Him, and tell Him the secret woes of their heart....
Sometimes we pour our troubles into human ears, and tell our afflictions to
those who cannot help us, and neglect to confide all to Jesus, who is able to change
the sorrowful way to paths of joy and peace....
He proposes to be our friend, to walk with us through all the rough pathways
of life. He says to us, I am the Lord thy God; walk with me, and I will fill thy path
with light. Jesus, the Majesty of Heaven, proposes to elevate to companionship
with Himself those who come to Him with their burdens, their weaknesses, and
their cares....
His invitation to us is a call to a pure, holy, and happy life—a life of peace and
rest, of liberty and love—and to a rich inheritance in the future, immortal life.... It
is our privilege to have daily a calm, close, happy walk with Jesus.
Rest is found when all self-justification, all reasoning from a selfish standpoint,
is put away. Entire self-surrender, an acceptance of His ways, is the secret of
perfect rest in His love.... Do just what He has told you to do, and be assured
that God will do all that He has said He would do.... Have you come to Him,
renouncing all your makeshifts, all your unbelief, all your self-righteousness?
Come just as you are, weak, helpless, and ready to die.
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What is the “rest” promised?—It is the consciousness that God is true, that He
never disappoints the one who comes to Him. His pardon is full and free, and His
acceptance means rest to the soul, rest in His love.
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