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Friday, January 18, 2008
MORNING:
"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."
-- Hebrews 4:9
How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it
is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land
of the immortal, fatigue is never known. Anxious to serve his Master,
he finds his strength unequal to his zeal: his constant cry is, "Help
me to serve thee, O my God." If he be thoroughly active, he will have
much labour; not too much for his will, but more than enough for his
power, so that he will cry out, "I am not wearied of the labour, but I
am wearied in it." Ah! Christian, the hot day of weariness lasts not
for ever; the sun is nearing the horizon; it shall rise again with a
brighter day than thou hast ever seen upon a land where they serve God
day and night, and yet rest from their labours. Here, rest is but
partial, there, it is perfect. Here, the Christian is always unsettled;
he feels that he has not yet attained. There, all are at rest; they
have attained the summit of the mountain; they have ascended to the
bosom of their God. Higher they cannot go. Ah, toil-worn labourer, only
think when thou shalt rest for ever! Canst thou conceive it? It is a
rest eternal; a rest that "remaineth." Here, my best joys bear "mortal"
on their brow; my fair flowers fade; my dainty cups are drained to
dregs; my sweetest birds fall before Death's arrows; my most pleasant
days are shadowed into nights; and the flood-tides of my bliss subside
into ebbs of sorrow; but there, everything is immortal; the harp abides
unrusted, the crown unwithered, the eye undimmed, the voice
unfaltering, the heart unwavering, and the immortal being is wholly
absorbed in infinite delight. Happy day! happy! when mortality shall be
swallowed up of life, and the Eternal Sabbath shall begin.
EVENING:
"He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things
concerning himself."
-- Luke 24:27
The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey.
Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors; the interpreter one
of a thousand, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge. The Lord Jesus condescended to become a preacher of the
gospel, and he was not ashamed to exercise his calling before an
audience of two persons, neither does he now refuse to become the
teacher of even one. Let us court the company of so excellent an
Instructor, for till he is made unto us wisdom we shall never be wise
unto salvation.
This unrivalled tutor used as his class-book the best of books.
Although able to reveal fresh truth, he preferred to expound the old.
He knew by his omniscience what was the most instructive way of
teaching, and by turning at once to Moses and the prophets, he showed
us that the surest road to wisdom is not speculation, reasoning, or
reading human books, but meditation upon the Word of God. The readiest
way to be spiritually rich in heavenly knowledge is to dig in this mine
of diamonds, to gather pearls from this heavenly sea. When Jesus
himself sought to enrich others, he wrought in the quarry of Holy
Scripture.
The favoured pair were led to consider the best of subjects, for Jesus
spake of Jesus, and expounded the things concerning himself. Here the
diamond cut the diamond, and what could be more admirable? The Master
of the House unlocked his own doors, conducted the guests to his table,
and placed his own dainties upon it. He who hid the treasure in the
field himself guided the searchers to it. Our Lord would naturally
discourse upon the sweetest of topics, and he could find none sweeter
than his own person and work: with an eye to these we should always
search the Word. O for grace to study the Bible with Jesus as both our
teacher and our lesson!
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