Jan. 14

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

REST IS A GIFT

   "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
   you rest." Matt. 11:28

   We who are saved find rest in Jesus. Those who are not saved will
   receive rest if they come to Him, for here He promises to "give" it.
   Nothing can be freer than a gift; let us gladly accept what He gladly
   gives. You are not to buy it, nor to borrow it; but to receive it as a
   gift. You labor under the lash of ambition, covetousness, lust, or
   anxiety: He will set you free from this iron bondage, and give you
   rest. You are "laden" -- yes, "heavy laden" with sin, fear, care,
   remorse, fear of death; but if you come to Him, He will unload you. He
   carried the crushing mass of our sin, that we might no longer carry it.
   He made Himself the great Burden-bearer, that every heavy laden one
   might cease from bowing down under the enormous pressure.

   Jesus gives rest. It is so. Will you believe it? Will you put it to the
   test? Will you do so at once? Come to Jesus, by quitting every other
   hope, by thinking of Him, believing God's testimony about Him, and
   trusting everything with Him. If you thus come to Him, the rest which
   He will give you will be deep, safe, holy, and everlasting. He gives a
   rest which develops into heaven, and He gives it this day to all who
   come to Him.