Spurgeon: April PM
* 04/17/PM
"We would see Jesus."
--John 12:21
Evermore the worldling's cry is, Who will show us any good?"
He seeks satisfaction in earthly comforts, enjoyments, and
riches. But the quickened sinner knows of only one good. "O
that I knew where I might find HIM!" When he is truly awakened
to feel his guilt, if you could pour the gold of India at his
feet, he would say, "Take it away: I want to find HIM." It is a
blessed thing for a man, when he has brought his desires into a
focus, so that they all centre in one object. When he has fifty
different desires, his heart resembles a mere of stagnant water,
spread out into a marsh, breeding miasma and pestilence; but
when all his desires are brought into one channel, his heart
becomes like a river of pure water, running swiftly to fertilize
the fields. Happy is he who hath one desire, if that one desire
be set on Christ, though it may not yet have been realized. If
Jesus be a soul's desire, it is a blessed sign of divine work
within. Such a man will never be content with mere ordinances.
He will say, "I want Christ; I must have Him--mere ordinances
are of no use to me; I want Himself ; do not offer me these;
you offer me the empty pitcher, while I am dying of thirst; give
me water, or I die. Jesus is my soul's desire. I would see
Jesus!"
Is this thy condition, my reader, at this moment? Hast thou
but one desire, and is that after Christ? Then thou art not far
from the kingdom of heaven. Hast thou but one wish in thy heart,
and that one wish that thou mayst be washed from all thy sins in
Jesus' blood? Canst thou really say, "I would give all I have to
be a Christian; I would give up everything I have and hope for,
if I might but feel that I have an interest in Christ"? Then,
despite all thy fears, be of good cheer, the Lord loveth thee,
and thou shalt come out into daylight soon, and rejoice in the
liberty wherewith Christ makes men free.