The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-02
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By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST,
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
g Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for December S
CHRISTIAN REST

CHRISTIAN REST
| LESSON TEXT - Matthew l1:28.30:
| Hebrews 4:1-ll
GOLDEN TEXT-Come unto me. all
| ye that labor and are heavy laden. and
l will give you rest.-Matthew 11:28.
| PRIMARY TOPIC-When We Are
| Tired.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Gods Great Invita-
! ton.
| INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
! IC-How Christ Gives Us Rest.
! YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
! IC-Christian Rest.
Time, like an ever-rolling
| stream, bears all its sons away" so
sang Isaac Watts in 1719 One Won
ders what he might say today! The
mad rush Of modern life-its relent-
! less drawing of us all into its terrific
tempo-leaves us distraught, nerv-
| Gus, overanxious. Nervous disor-
ders are on a rapid increase, even
| among children. The condition pre-
walls in the country as well as in the
city. although it is aggravated in
| metropolitan centerS.
Let us lay down the burdens OF
the universe for a bit and counsel
quietly about that almost forgotten
| Christian virtue, rest. Nowhere can
the troubled spirit find calm Of soul
| as surely and as quickly as in Gods
| Word-and in the One revealed
there, for true rest is found not in
a theory, but in Person.
1. Found in Christ (Matt. 1l:28-
3O).
Rest for our souls is found not in
the cessation of activity, but rather
in joining with Christ as our yoke
fellow and in going on with him in
meekness and lowlinesS of heart.
Most of life's restlessness is the re-
suit of pride, of driving ambition to
be somebody or to attain something.
True humility removes all such dis
turbing factors.
But we do have yoke and bur-
den to bear. Yes, it is true that not
all is easy in the Christian life. But
as someone has suggested, the bur-
! dens are like the burden of feathers
on bird. They may seem to be too
heavy for his little body, but as
matter of fact they are the thing he
flies with Such are the burdens"
of Christ.
III. Received by Faith CHeb. 4:0.
Those who believe enter into rest.
Faith in God through Jesus Christ
brings a man into an abiding place
that the storms of life may beat
| upon but can never move. Fair
weather followers of Jesus who fall
into a frenzy of fear and worry
when sorrow or loss comes upon
them need to learn to walk by faith.
BE not dismayed whate'er betide,
God will take care of you," is more
than the pious expression Of hymn
writer, it is a statement of fact.
III. Rejected by Unbelief CHeb.
Al, GID.
1.-The worst thing in the world is
unbelief - because it effectually
closes the door to Gods blessing.
Jesus could not do many mighty
works" in his home town Of Nazareth
because of their unbelief" (Matt.
1859. Unbelief will keep us from
the rest that God has prepared for
his people, for it not only hinders
men from coming to the Saviour,
but keeps them from resting in him
after they are saved.
Nv. Necessary to Useful Living
". ID.
Only when the follower of Christ
appropriates that rest Of soul which
results from turning from his own
efforts and trusting himself fully to
Christ will there be that absolute
surrender Of every detail and prob
lem of life to him which will bring
out in daily living the glorious beau
ty and power of a life at rest with
God.
A poem by Fay Inchfawn which
has blessed the writer's soul is here
passed on, with the prayer that it
NAV help you who read these notes:
well. I am done. My nerves were on
the rack,
I've laid them down today;
It was the last straw broke the camers
back.
I've laid that down today.
| No. I'll not fume, nor fuss, nor fight;
I'll walk by faith bit and not by sight.
1 think the universe will work all right,
I've laid it down today.
80, here and now. the overweight. the
worry.
I'll lay it down today;
The all.too-anxious heart; the tearing
hurry;
| o eager hands, o feet so prone to run.
think that He who made the stars ana
Can mind the things you've had to leave
! undone.
Do lay them down today"
How true it is that we are prone
to bear all the burdens Of the uni
verse when Gods Word has told us
to cast all our care upon Him, for
He careth for us Il Pet. SD. It
is a powerful testimony for Christ
when distraught and worry-ridden
non-Christians see Gods children
walking steady and true in the midst
of disappointments, trials, and sor-
rows. And the opposite is also true.
that failure to trust God is a prac-
| A:.I xlov;oI of 0,,r rrofoc cod faith