I knew an old lady once who on one occasion went to see a man and sought his help in getting some of her affairs taken care of.
“Well, Janie,” he remarked, “so you’ve come to me to take your burden off.”
“No,” she replied, “you could not do that; but the burden’s gone, all gone, ‘As far as the East is from the West.’ "
This was her reply whenever any one asked her about her salvation. She knew the Lord Jesus had borne her sins in
“His own body on the tree.”
So with a bright smile she loved to say, “The burden’s gone, all gone, ‘As far as the East is from the West.’ "
Dear reader, the Word of God tells us this. Read it in Psa. 103:1212As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:12). Can you say from your heart that all your sins are gone? that the Lord Jesus has borne them into a land of forgetfulness, and that you rejoice in knowing you are free from all condemnation? If not, will you not come to Him and learn that your sins were all borne by Him?
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary, and worn, and sad;
I found in Him a resting place,
And He has made me glad.
ML-07/02/1978