Come All You Weary

Salvation: How can I help but offer prayers of praise as one who has been saved? One who realizes this free gift that overflows my heart with grace (my only weapon against the glutinous urge to consume the cheap and easy self-righteous, moralistic lie of religion. THEE single thing Christ came to destroy)

It's THIS reason I have joy. THIS is why I have hope. THIS is why I put that hope in a God that claims his purpose is to bring rest to the weary, provision to the needy, guidance to the lost, and freedom to the burdened.

So come all you weary, and find rest for your soul. Not so you can become like us who have already accepted this gift, but that you might also taste and see the freedom that is in Christ.

The simplicity of the gospel goes beyond comprehension but it's in this simplicity that we begin to realize the key difference between those that have been saved and those that have not. For those that have, it's the simple recognition of our own brokenness (sin). The simple recognition that we alone can't DO enough and must therefore accept the free gift of Christs grace; grace that transforms us by means of his overwhelming presence in our lives.

But as soon as we forget what we have been saved from, we lose all joy and become like the Pharisees; thinking more highly of ourselves and our supposed "righteous deeds" than the free gift of Gods eternal grace.

But we must also remember what Paul said; "do I go on sinning that grace may abound? No!" Rather, we pursue Christ and turn from sin that those weary amongst us will see (not me, but Christ in me) as a refreshing drink in a hot, desolate desert.

"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound," that saved wretches like you and I