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Christ has Promised Us Rest

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

Jesus invites the weary and care-laden sons and daughters of Adam to come to
Him, and lay on Him their heavy burdens. But many who hear this invitation,
while sighing for rest, yet press on the rugged path, hugging their burdens
close to their heart. Jesus loves them, and longs to bear their burdens and
themselves also in His strong arms. He would remove the fears and
uncertainties that rob them of peace and rest; but they must first come to
Him, and tell Him the secret woes of their heart. He invites the confidence
of His people as the proof of their love for Him. The gift of the humble,
trusting heart is more precious to Him than all the wealth that riches can
bestow. If they would only come to Him in the simplicity and confidence with
which a child would come to His parents, the divine touch of His hands would
relieve them of their burdens.

Jesus, our compassionate Saviour, is the way, the truth, and the life. Why
will we not accept His gracious offer of mercy, believe His words of
promise, and not make the way of life so hard? . . . The ways of Christ are
ways of pleasantness, and all His paths are peace. If we have made rough
paths for our feet, and taken heavy burdens of care in laying up for
ourselves treasures upon the earth, let us now change, and follow the path
Jesus has prepared for us.

We are not always willing to come to Jesus with our trials and difficulties.
Sometimes we pour our troubles into human ears, and tell our afflictions to
those who cannot help us, and neglect to confide all to Jesus, who is able
to change the sorrowful way to paths of joy and peace. . . . Oh, that all,
ministers and people, would take their burdens and perplexities to Jesus,
who is waiting to receive them, and to give them peace and rest! (Signs of
the Times, Mar. 17, 1887).

It is a terribly hard struggle to give up your own will and your own way.
But this lesson learned, you will find rest and peace. Pride, selfishness,
and ambition must be overcome; your will must be swallowed up in the will of
Christ. The whole life may become one constant love sacrifice, every action
a manifestation, and every word an utterance of love. As the life of the
vine circulates through stem and cluster, descends into the lower fibers,
and reaches to the topmost leaf, so will the grace and love of Christ burn
and abound in the soul, sending its virtues to every part of the being, and
pervading every exercise of body and mind (The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen
G. White Comments, vol. 5, pp. 1091, 1092).

>From Lift Him Up - Page 277

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