Today's encouragement comes from Matthew 11:28, where we read these blessed words which fell from the Savior's lips:
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."Augustine's maxim is so true: "Our souls are restless until we find our rest in You [God]." Are our souls unsettled today? Are they restless, ill at ease, and in an uncomfortable state? If so, then let us come to Jesus. Sin and life’s trou-bles cause our hearts to "move around," like planets in the night sky. Faith in Christ’s blood atonement causes them to rest, like stars in the firmament.
A soul at rest can pray to God, and can concentrate on what is truly impor-tant. A person that is constantly restless can only do a lot of work, hoping to assuage guilt and worry. God only accepts hearts that come to Christ, and rest in Him.
[Puritan quote of the day: "This may be a great comfort to you: God does not expect you to root out all presence of sin, but only to keep down the reigning of sin in you.” —Christopher Love, in, "The Mortified Christian"]
