"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 this 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?" My Utmost For His Highest

I come to You, Lord! Let me come and rest my soul from the world-weariness that results from trying to do things on my own. Let me learn to trust You, putting myself aside and focusing on You alone. How do I focus? There again, that's YOU, not me. If anything is to be done correctly and with the glory Your Holiness requires, it is to be done by YOU. That is the great mystery. I get myself so caught up in "doing things for Jesus" that I don't let You do them Yourself. I want to grab that glory for myself when I have the urge to tell others "oh yes, I am in a bible study and read my bible every day, and prayer blog, and a devotional, and..." The glory belongs to YOU, oh Lord. I am so sorry for wanting to take it myself. Humble me today as I meet in discussion group with ladies I do not know and who my flesh wants to impress. Humble me as I sit under the leadership of another leader (something I haven't done in a small group setting for a couple years!). Humble me as I live in another woman's house (which I haven't done for 7 years). Humble me as I mother my children, and as I submit to my husband. They are all worth it, but sometimes the rebel in me wants to rise up and be independant. But there I go again... "they are all worth it." Worth WHAT? Worth the effort. But I just said that Jesus does it through me! Break these cycles, these patterns of mine, Lord! I am so disgusted with the pride that causes them. Break me down to broken if that's what I need, Father. Yes, I meant it. Be quiet, Satan! Lord, I love You. Help me desire to love You more than I really do, help me overcome my unbelief, and increase my faith! Speak to me Your rhema, the personal Word You have to share with me tonight. Let me be open to what You have to say, and open to hearing how to proceed with letting You take care of it.