Personal Repose

“Come unto Me. . . and I will give you rest” ( Matt. 11:28 ).

We rest in the One upon whom the universe rests.

“I find when I sit down with people quietly to have a talk that they begin at once to speak of the trials of the way. And after that, if I say, Suppose we change the subject and talk of the things of God—then I find that they can talk of nothing but His mercies to themselves, but it is all His temporal benefits they talk of. And they go no higher than this. How few can say, The Father has shown me wonderful things lately about the Lord Jesus Christ.” -J.B.S.

“‘In everything ye are enriched by Him’ ( 1 Cor. 1:5 ). The favor of the Father is given to us in His Beloved Son, and in everything we are enriched in Him. If we are not happy it is because we have lost sight of the favor given us in the Lord Jesus. In our foolishness we turn to the world or look into our own hearts, instead of keeping our eyes upon the Lord Jesus, the risen and exalted Man in whom the Father has given us His favor.” -C.A.C.

“The Lord Jesus Christ, as Man, has glorified the Father on the earth. The Father rests in that; as Man having accomplished redemption, He ‘has passed into the heavens, now to appear in the presence of God for us.’ It is the glorified Lord Jesus who gives abiding rest to our souls, and not what our thoughts about ourselves may be.

“Faith never thinks about that which is in ourselves as its ground of rest; it receives, loves, and apprehends what the Father has revealed in His Word, and what are His thoughts about the Lord Jesus, in whom is His rest.” -J.N.D.

“Take My yoke upon you. . . and ye shall find rest unto your souls” ( Matt. 11:29 ).