Come Unto Me . . .

Where the sin and the sorrow cease, and the song and the saint commence.  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?

“My Utmost For His Highest” Oswald Chambers

Note from me

I am forever trying to make things right with myself before coming unto Jesus . . . forcing my mind, will and emotions into alignment with Him is only done in His presence. And the other lie I routinely buy into is He doesn’t want to be bothered with me . . . He does!  Way more than I’m even aware! So if there is to be any New Year’s Resolutions to be made its to become closer to the lover of my soul!! Everything else will fall into place. Forgive me God for trying to take life on in my own peewee strength! And one other thing, I love the last point the author makes about living in God being full of vitality, not suffering through but taking on each challenge in full knowledge nothing separates us from the love of the Father and in Him all things are possible!! We should have so much courage people take note.