Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

January 14, 2011
                                                 Rest Is a Gift

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
                                                       ~ Matthew 11:28

  "We who are saved find rest in Jesus. Those who are not saved will receive rest if they come to Him, for here He promises to give it. Let us gladly accept what He gladly gives; receive it as a gift. You are heavy laden with sin, fear, care, remorse, fear of death; but if you come to Him, He will unload you. He carried the crushing mass of our sin that we might no longer carry it. He made Himself the great Burden-bearer, that every heavy-laden one might cease from bowing down under the enormous pressure.
  Jesus gives rest. It is so. Will you believe it? Will you put it to the test? If you come to Him, the rest that He will give you will be deep, safe, holy, and everlasting. He gives a rest that develops into heaven, and He gives it this day to all who come to Him." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)