A young man who was seeking his pleasures in the gaiety of the world, in every way, and traveled to other places for this, had heard the above words, and they continually rang in his ears, and he did not find the satisfaction he craved.
God had His eye on him, and he could not sleep, but agony of soul was there instead. The Spirit of God had been working in his soul, teaching him the emptiness of that world’s wealth and splendor; the hollowness of its gilded charms.
One night he had stayed in a hotel, and after retiring he heard some one singing, in the room,
“How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds.”
He listened attentively, and looking through the keyhole, he saw the singer was an old man. After the hymn was finished, the man read his Bible and then knelt to pray.
The listener could resist no longer; He knocked at the door. A voice from within said,
“Who is there?”
He answered: “A young man in deep anxiety of soul.”
“Come in! Come in!”
There and then he pointed him to Jesus, the Saviour of sinners, and spoke of His precious blood which cleanses from all sin, and fits the vilest sinner who believes in Him, for the presence of God.
Divine light shone into the young man’s soul, and he discovered the value and preciousness of the NAME of JESUS. Another repentant sinner had turned to God through the Lord Jesus Christ, for salvation. He went to bed and to rest, (real rest this time).
What the world had failed to give, he found in Christ.
Dear reader, have you found this rest in Christ?
ML 02/18/1945