LORD JESUS Christ ~ The Grand Object of Desire

"And the desire of all nations shall come." -Haggai 2:7 [KJV]


And who could this be, but Jesus? Who, but He alone, could be the object of desire; or able to gratify the desire of all nations? Sit down, my soul, this evening, and consider the subject to the full; and if the result be, as it surely must be, under divine teaching, that none but Jesus can answer to this character, and He most fully and completely comes up to it in every possible point of view; thou wilt find another sweet testimony to the truth as it is in Jesus, that He who alone is thy desire, hath ever been, and still is, to all that need and seek salvation, the desire of all nations.And, first, consider how universal the want of Jesus must be. "All the world is become guilty (the scripture saith) before God." -Romans 3:19


Hence, in every nation, kindred, tongue, or clime, every poor awakened and convinced sinner stands in need of a Saviour; and, however diversified by language, customs, or manners, sin is felt exceeding sinful, and the desire of deliverance from its guilt and its consequences, however variously expressed, is the burden and cry of every prayer. Now suppose, that to souls of this description, Jesus and His glorious salvation was revealed, would not the desire of every heart be towards Him? Surely every eye would be directed to Jesus, and every tongue call aloud upon His name.


Hence it is that Jesus, and He alone, is the desire of all nations. And as all poor sinners, whether conscious of it or not, stand in need of salvation; so, secondly, it must be observed, that it is Jesus, and He alone, who can give salvation: for, as the apostle speaks, "There is salvation in no other, neither is there any other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved." -Acts 4:12 And how extensive and all-sufficient is Jesus, to answer the desire of all nations! As one sun in the heavens becomes a fulness of light, and warmth, and healing to a whole earth; one ocean to supply all the rivers and lakes, and the inhabitants of the world; so one Lord Jesus Christ is both the Sun of righteousness, and the everlasting river of life, which maketh glad the city of God. Every want, and every desire that can be necessary for time and eternity, all temporal, spiritual, and eternal blessings, are in Jesus.


He that is the desire of all nations, is in Himself sufficient to satisfy the desires of every living soul - Pause one moment, my soul, over this view of thy Jesus, and say, is He, that is, the desire of all nations, thy one, thine only one, desire, to which every other is subordinate, and in which every other is swallowed up and lost? See what answer thou canst give to the heart-searching question? And when, through grace, thou hast derived renewed conviction from this view of the subject, that none but Jesus can fully answer the desires of an awakened soul, close the month, as thou hopest to close life, with the blessed hope that He who is thy one desire now, will be thine everlasting portion to all eternity. Amen and Amen.

-preacher Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)

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