A PREACHER CHOSE for his text one night that wonderful verse, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11:2828Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28).
He was a true, warm-hearted man, and as he drew near the close of his address, his heart was so full of Christ that he could not express what he felt and wanted to say.
All he could say was, " ‘Come unto Me’ — what does it mean? ‘Come unto Me'—what does it mean?” Again and again at a loss to know what else to say, he repeated it: “What does it mean? What does it mean?”
All at once a little girl, sitting on a front seat, timidly rose and childlike held up her hand.
“Well,” asked the preacher kindly, “what does it mean, dear child?”
“Please, sir, it means that He wants me,” was the touching reply.
The preacher sat down; but he and his audience felt no more need be said. Hearts became tender, eyes became wet with tears, and afterward one and another said, “The wisest and most able among us could not have given him a truer and sweeter exposition of the text — ‘Come unto Me’ means that He wants me.”
Dear reader, perhaps you might feel that no one else wants you, but the Lord Jesus does. Think of His great love! He has died for you. His lips of love invite you, His arms of love extend toward you, and His heart of love yearns over you. Will you not say in your heart, “Lord Jesus, I come.”
ML-05/12/1963