Never

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Did you ever hear a man say, “I was a drinker, a drug addict, a disgrace to my family and a nuisance in the world, until I began to study mathematics. Since that time I have been happy-I feel like singing all the time; my heart is full of peace and joy and love”?
Never!
Did you ever hear a man ascribe his salvation from sin and vice to the science of engineering or geology?
Never!
But thousands will tell you: “I was lost; I was wretched; I broke my mother’s heart; I was ruined, reckless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, until I heard God’s words of light and love from the Bible.”
Jesus said, “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 also said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:2727Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27)).
And finally, on His very last night before He was crucified, He said to His disciples, “These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:1111These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. (John 15:11)).
Rest. Peace. Joy. And the crown of all: “To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge” (Ephesians 3:1919And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. (Ephesians 3:19)).
And the marvel of it is that it is offered freely not just to the rocket scientists, the great mathematicians, the Einstein’s of the world-but to “whosoever will.” The simplest soul can say “yes” to God’s gifts.