Our only Hope and Portion
“Come
unto Me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
-Matthew 11:28 [KJV]
What
did our Lord here signify, when He bade all the weary and heavy laden
to come unto Him? It is quite evident that coming to Christ is
something more than a physical act. Coming to Christ in the sense He
here invited, is a going out of the soul after Him, a desire for Him,
a seeking after Him, a personal embracing of and trusting in Him. It
is the heart turning from the love of sin to the love of holiness;
from self to the Savior! A saving coming to Christ denotes a turning
our backs upon the world and turning our hearts unto Him as our only
Hope and Portion.
It
is the abandoning of every idol and the surrendering of ourselves to
His Lordship. It is the repudiation of our own righteousness and
every dependency, and the heart going out to Him in loving submission
and trustful confidence. It is the entire going out of self with all
its resolutions and performances, to cast ourselves upon His grace
and mercy.
It
is the will yielding itself up to His authority to be molded by Him,
and to follow Him wherever He may lead. In
short, coming to Christ is the whole soul of a guilty and
self-condemned sinner turning unto a whole Christ, in the exercise of
all our facilities, responding to His claims upon us, prepared to
unreservedly trust, sincerely love, and devotedly serve Him.
-Arthur
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