Rejoice & Rest

Blessed are the poor in spirit
Who their sinful nature see
They are taught they have no merit
To the Saviour they all flee.

Self-renouncing, grace admiring
Made unto salvation wise
Sovereign love their hearts rejoicing
From His cross their hopes arise.

Those who find themselves polluted
Feel their hearts so prone to sin
They shall have by God imputed
Righteousness so pure and clean.

At His throne their hearts confessing
Praise our God of sovereign grace
Weeping, loving, praising, blessing
On His head the crown they place.

-hymn “Jesus Calls Us”

REST!

When our God completed the creation of this world, it is said that He rested. This is not a rest from weariness, but simply declaring that there was no more to do; creation was finished! Our Lord Jesus "entered into His rest," He also hath ceased from His works, as the Father did from His (Hebrews 4:10). He cried, "It is finished," and the work of redemption was done! Let us labor to enter into THAT REST. Cease from fretting, doubting, and rest in Him as an infant rests in his mother's arms. The more we learn of His love, His sufficiency, and His exaltation (for we are in Him) the greater the rest. For there is no more to do; we are accepted in the Beloved.

-Gospel report by preacher Henry Mahan