the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Where shall I find rest? Answer. Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. Jeremiah 1:16. See also, Matthew 11:28-29.
In our own ways there is nothing but trouble; but giving ourselves entirely up, to be guided of God, at his own pleasure, we can always be easy, since we know, that by every step, he brings us nearer to heaven. The only way to rest, is the way of repentance and faith, in which we look always upon ourselves from the beginning to the end, not only as utterly lost and condemned, but also as perfectly reconciled, and justified malefactors in Christ. Thus to abide in him, to let him work alone, and be truly resigned to his ways, will certainly have the desired effect, whilst by the righteousness and workings of our hearts we can never attain to it, and which is worse, be lulled into false rest.
Lord, I believe a rest remains
To all thy people known;
A rest, where pure enjoyment reigns.
And thou art loved alone.
A rest, where all our soul’s desire
Is fixed on things above,
Where grief, and pain, and fear expire,
Cast out by perfect love.
O that I now this rest may know,
Believe and enter in!
Now, Saviour, now thy power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.
