June 11th — GETTING THERE
June 11th.GETTING THERE
Where the sin and the sorrow cease, and the song and the saint commence. "Come unto Me." Matthew 11:28
Do I want to get there? I can now. The questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are al answered by the words - "Come unto Me." Not - Do this, or don't do that; but - "Come unto Me." If I wil come to Jesus my actual life wil be brought into accordance with my real desires; I wil actual y cease from sin, and actual y find the song of the Lord begin.
Have you ever come to Jesus? Watch the stubbornness of your heart, you wil 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 wil resolutely lets go of everything and deliberately commits al to Him.
". . . and I wil give you rest," i.e., I wil stay you. Not - I wil put you to bed and hold your hand and sing you to sleep; but - I wil get you out of bed, out of the languor and exhaustion, out of the state of being half dead while you are alive; I wil imbue you with the spirit of life, and you wil be stayed by the perfection of vital activity. We get pathetic and talk about "suffering the wil of the Lord!" Where is the majestic vitality and might of the Son of God about that?