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COME TO JESUS

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 1, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 20, No. 5.

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COME TO JESUS.

It was the language of Job, "Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!" Is this thy language, poor sinner? Art thou anxious to know where to find Jesus? He is no longer on earth in human form, but has returned to heaven. There you may find him waiting to give eternal life to all who come to him. You may think it far to go, but the prayers of sinners reach heaven the very moment they are uttered, and are listened to by Jesus with kind attention. Yet, if this seems hard to understand, know assuredly that Jesus is not only in heaven, but on earth too. He said to his disciples, "I am with you always." He is constantly present among us. In the sick chamber there is Jesus, ready to comfort the afflicted disciple who lies on that bed of pain. In the secret spot to which the sinner has retired to confess his sins, there is Jesus, waiting to say, "Be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee; go in peace." In the church or the room where many or few have assembled to praise and pray, there is Jesus, waiting to supply their wants. "Wheresoever two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Reader, he is near to thee. Now, while thine eye reads this page, he stands close at thy side. He whispers in thine ear. He invites thee to seek him. If anxious to find him, thou hast no long journey to take, no long time to wait before thy request can reach his ear. He is nearer than the friend sitting beside thee, for he is at thy heart's door, knocking for entrance. Wherever thou goest he follows thee, his hands laden with blessings, which he offers to thee freely. He compasses thy path, and thy lying down; but it is always to do thee good. In the morning he stands at thy bedside, offering to clothe thee with his white robe of righteousness; and when thou art seated at the table, he asks thee to eat that bread of life which will save thy soul from death. He is so near that he will notice thy first faint effort to come to him, and will stretch out his hand to help thee. He is so near that he will see thy first tear of penitence, and catch thy first sigh for pardon. He is so near that before you call he will answer, and while you are yet speaking he will hear. Sinner, wherever you are there is Jesus. So that in all countries, under all circumstances, by day and by night, at home and abroad, you may come to Jesus.