{"id":943,"date":"2011-07-15T07:32:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T07:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=943"},"modified":"2011-07-15T07:32:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T07:32:58","slug":"weary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"Weary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Jesus said, \u201cCome to Me, all of you who are\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Matthew%2011.28\">Matthew 11:28<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Lord\u2019s purpose in laying burdens upon us is\u00a0<strong>to <\/strong><strong>weary<\/strong><strong> us out<\/strong>. We cannot learn our \u00a0religion in any other way. We cannot learn<\/p>\n<p>it from the Bible, nor from the experience of others. It must be a personal work, wrought in the heart of each; and we must be brought, all of us, if ever we are to find rest in Christ, to be absolutely\u00a0<strong>wearied out of sin and self<\/strong>, \u00a0and to have no righteousness, goodness, or holiness of our own. The effect, then, of all spiritual labor is to bring us to this point: to be<strong>weary<\/strong> of the\u00a0<strong>world<\/strong>, for we feel it, for the most part, to be a valley of tears; to be\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> of\u00a0<strong>self<\/strong>, for it is our greatest plague;\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> of<strong> professors<\/strong>, for we cannot see in them the grace of God, which alone we prize and value;\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> of the profane, for their ungodly conversation<\/p>\n<p>only hurts our minds;\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> of our\u00a0<strong>bodies<\/strong>, for they are often full of sickness and pain, and always clogs to our soul; and\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> of\u00a0<strong>life<\/strong>, for we see the emptiness of those things which to most eople make life so agreeable.<\/p>\n<p>By this painful experience we come to this point: to be\u00a0<strong>worn out and wearied<\/strong>; and there we must come, before we can rest entirely on Christ.<\/p>\n<p>As long as we can rest in the\u00a0<strong>world<\/strong>, we shall rest in it. As long as the things of time and sense can gratify us, we shall be gratified in them. As long as we can find anything pleasing in\u00a0<strong>self<\/strong>, we shall be pleased with it. As long as anything visible and tangible can satisfy us, we shall be satisfied with them. But when we get\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> of all things visible, tangible, and sensible\u2014<strong>weary<\/strong> of ourselves, and of all things here below\u2014then we want to rest upon Christ, and Christ alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Jesus said, \u201cCome to Me, all of you who are\u00a0<strong>weary<\/strong> and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Matthew%2011.28\">Matthew 11:28<\/a> -J.C. 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