Jesus says, "Come To Me"...

Each morning the first thing I read is that particular day's devotion by Oswald Chambers from his book My Utmost For His Highest.  They are short readings but very deep and often I am completely stumped and don't even understand what he is trying to say.  But today's devotion really spoke to me..it resonated in my heart with what God has already been showing me.  Here's what he wrote:

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Where sin and sorrow stops, and the song of the saint starts.  Do I really want to get there?  I can right now.  The questions that truly matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these words- "Come to Me."  Our Lord's words are not, "Do this, or don't do that", but- "Come to me." If I will simply come to Jesus, my real life will be brought into harmony with my real desires.  I will actually cease from sin, and will find the song of the Lord beginning in my life.

Have you ever come to Jesus?  Look at the stubbornness of your heart.  You would rather do anything than this one simple childlike thing- "Come to me."  If you really want to experience ceasing from sin, you must come to Jesus.

Jesus Christ makes Himself the test to determine your genuineness.  Look how He used the word come.  At the most unexpected moments in your life there is the whisper of the Lord- "Come to Me," and you are immediately drawn to Him.  Personal contact with Jesus changes everything.  Be "foolish" enough to come and commit yourself to what He says.  The attitude necessary for you to come to Him is one where your will has made the determination to let go of everything and deliberately commit it all to Him.

"......and I will give you rest"- that is, "I will sustain you, causing you to stand firm."  He is not saying, "I will put you to bed, hold your hand, and sing you to sleep."  But, in essence He is saying, "I will get you out of bed- out of your listlessness and exhaustion, and out of your condition of being half dead while you are still alive.  I will penetrate you with the spirit of life, and you will be sustained by the perfection of vital activity."  Yet we become so weak and pitiful and talk about "suffering" the will of the Lord!  Where is the majestic vitality and the power of the Son of God in that?
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This devotion really speaks to me..that I need to keep coming to Him.  That my eyes must remain fixed on Him.  Since the trip to TN the Lord has been calling me to do some new things..to make some changes.  Much of it is out of my comfort zone.  If I stare at the waves, I can become immobolized.  I must gaze at Him...it's the only way..I must keep watching Him standing there with His hand reaching out to me.  I'm coming Lord...