Christ Seeks the Weary and
Heavy-laden
Come
unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matt. 11:28,29.
All
creation speaks of Christ, proclaiming the power of His salvation. Every
fiber of man's being cries out for Christ. Men do not realize it, but Christ
is "the Desire of all nations." Haggai 2:7. He alone satisfies
"The desire of every living thing." Psalm 145:16. Only in Him can
relief be found for the world's unrest and longing.
Christ
is seeking the weary and heavy-laden and calling them to Himself. Every man
has longings that nothing else in the world can satisfy. It is clear that if
the man is awakened by the law to keener consciousness of his condition, and
the law continues goading him, giving him no rest, shutting up every other
way of escape, the man must at last find the door of safety, for it stands
open.
Christ
is the city of refuge to which everyone pursued by the avenger of blood may
flee, sure of finding a welcome. In Christ alone will the sinner find
release from the lash of the law, for in Christ the righteousness of the law
is fulfilled, and by Him it is fulfilled in us. Romans 8:4. The law will
allow nobody to be saved unless he has "the righteousness which is of
God by faith," the faith of Jesus Christ.
"Faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." Romans 10:17.
Whenever a man receives the word of God, the word of promise, and no longer
fights against it, but yields to it, faith comes to him. The eleventh
chapter of Hebrews shows that faith came from the beginning. Since the days
of Abel men have found freedom by faith. Faith can come now, today.
"Now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation."
II Corinthians 6:2. "Today, when you hear His voice, do not harden your
hearts." Hebrews 3:7.
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