Spurgeon Meditations

 

Come unto me.

Mat 11 28

The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word Come. The Jewish law harshly said Go, take heed unto thy steps as tothe path in which thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, andthou shalt perish; keep them, and thou shalt live. The law was a dispensation of terror which drove men before it as with a scourge; the gospel draws with bands of love. Jesus is the good Shepherd going before His sheep bidding them follow Him and ever leading them onwards with the sweet word Come. The law repels the gospel attracts. The law shows the distance which there is between God and man; the gospel bridges that awful chasm and brings the sinner across it. From the first moment of your spiritual life until you are ushered into glory the language of Christ to you will be Come, come unto me. As a mother puts out her finger to her little child and woos it to walk by saying Come, even so does Jesus. He will always be ahead of you bidding you follow Him as the soldier follows his captain. He will always go before you to pave your way and clear your path and you shall hear His animating voice calling you after Him all through life; while in the solemn hour of death His sweet words with which He shall usher you into the heavenly world shall be--"Come ye blessed of my Father." Nay further this is not only Christ's cry to you but if you be a believer this is your cry to Christ--"Come! come!" You will be longing for His second advent; you will be saying Come quickly, even so come Lord Jesus. You will be panting for nearer and closer communion with Him. As His voice to you is Come, your response to Him will be Come, Lord, and abidewith me. Come, and occupy alone the throne of my heart; reignthere without a rival, and consecrate me entirely to Thyservice.


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