August 5

Rest

“Come unto me … and I will give you rest”
— Matt. 11:28

There is rest in the Saviour's heart,
Who never turned sorrow away,
But has found, in what sin had made our part,
The place of His love's display.

“We … look to our state and our fruit and our feelings to know if we are His … which cannot give rest, and ought not. Jesus does not say, Find out our state and you shall have rest, but "Come unto me all ye that labour, and are heavy laden," as you are, "and I will give you rest." Our rest comes not from our being what He wants, but His being what we want.”