Getting There (1)

Come to Me . . . —Matthew 11:28

Where sin and sorrow stops, and the song of the saint starts. Do I really want to get there? I can right now. The questions that truly matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these words— “Come to Me.” Our Lord’s words are not, “Do this, or don’t do that,” but— “Come to me.” If I will simply come to Jesus, my real life will be brought into harmony with my real desires. I will actually cease from sin, and will find the song of the Lord beginning in my life.

Have you ever come to Jesus? Look at the stubbornness of your heart. You would rather do anything than this one simple childlike thing— “Come to Me.” If you really want to experience ceasing from sin, you must come to Jesus.

Jesus Christ makes Himself the test to determine your genuineness. Look how He used the word come. At the most unexpected moments in your life there is this whisper of the Lord— “Come to Me,” and you are immediately drawn to Him. Personal contact with Jesus changes everything. Be “foolish” enough to come and commit yourself to what He says. The attitude necessary for you to come to Him is one where your will has made the determination to let go of everything and deliberately commit it all to Him.

“. . . and I will give you rest”— that is, “I will sustain you, causing you to stand firm.” He is not saying, “I will put you to bed, hold your hand, and sing you to sleep.” But, in essence, He is saying, “I will get you out of bed— out of your listlessness and exhaustion, and out of your condition of being half dead while you are still alive. I will penetrate you with the spirit of life, and you will be sustained by the perfection of vital activity.” Yet we become so weak and pitiful and talk about “suffering” the will of the Lord! Where is the majestic vitality and the power of the Son of God in that?

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到主那裡去

到我這裡來。 （太十一28）

我想到那裡去嗎？現在就可以去了。人生真正重大的問題本來是極少的，而這些問題都在[到我這裡來]這句話裡得了答案。不是做這個，不做那個；而是[到我這裡來]。只要來到耶穌跟前，生活就會按照我真正的渴望度過；我會真的脫離罪，真正找到主所賜的樂歌。

你曾否到耶穌這裡來？當心你心中的頑梗，叫你寧願做許多別的事，也不甘願像個天真的孩子般[到我這裡來]。你若真想斷絕罪，就必須來就耶穌。耶穌基督拿自己做試金石。請留意他如何用[來]這個字。在人最意想不到的時刻，主微聲說[到我這裡來]，你立即就被他吸引過去。

與基督的接觸，會改變人的一切。你要絕聖去智，成為愚拙，來親就耶穌，照他所說的去行。 [來]的態度就是肯完全放棄一切，立志將所有的交付他。

[我就使你們得安息]，就是說[我會扶持你]。不是[我會把你送上床，執著你的手，哼著眠歌，把你送入夢鄉]。而是[我要叫你從床上起來，從頹廢疲憊中出來，從半生不死得狀況下出來；我要以生命的靈充滿你，你便有完全的生命。 ]我們有時會可憐兮兮地說：[為神的旨意而受苦！ ]這種態度，哪能彰顯兒子無上的生命力與大能呢？

祈禱◆[如甘霖滋潤田地]；[如露水降在以色列]－－噢，主啊，今天早上這些說話，來到我的腦海中，是帶著甜蜜的迫切感。願你今天好像甘霖、露水般臨到我們當中，滋潤、塑造和賜福我們。我懷著極大和歡欣的期望來到你的面前。