verse of the day

Thursday 22 August 2019

No other. ( Matthew 11 v 28 )

Writing on Psalm 72, applying it our coming Messiah, Bruce Milne ,he comments on verse 6 ,which reads,'He will be like rain falling on a moan field, like  showers watering the earth', The human heart is forever subject to dryness of spirit. Life drains us. The stresses of  daily life, with its multiple relational demands and pressing demands and pressing responsibilities, constantly harass and deprive. WE find ourselves frequently in ' dry and weary land where there is no water' ( Psalm 63 v 1 ). to all such Jesus comes; to all such He makes himself available. He is the servant  who knows, ' the word that sustains the weary'( Isaiah 50 v 4 ). In words expressing his identification with  that promised intercessor,he invites us still, ' Come unto me, all you are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest' ( Matthew 11 v 28 ).' There is no need  of the human heart which Jesus cannot meet, and that is why he belongs to east as well as west, and why no greater than Jesus  will ever come- no other is required. ( E Norman)

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