“The Master is come, and calleth for thee.” As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto Him. – John 11:28,29
In answer to the Lord’s visit, you will notice the conduct of Mary. She rose up quickly. She bestirred herself. Oh! let each one of our souls now say, “Has the Lord called for me? Why, then, should I loiter or linger for a single moment? I will get me up this very moment; I will say, ‘My Lord, I am come to Thee. Thou hast called me, and here I am.'” Oh! for grace to shake off the sorrow that makes some hearts sit still! Mary’s dear brother was newly laid in the tomb, but she rose up quickly to go and meet her Master. Dear mother, forget for a few minutes that dear unburied child still in the house. Forget awhile, dear husband, that sick wife of yours towards whom your heart so naturally flies. Forget, beloved, just now, all that you have suffered, all that you expect to suffer, all that you have lost or may be losing. The Master is come, and calleth for thee. Rise up quickly. Let not these things constrain thee to inactivity of spirit, but rise up now, and by His grace come away from them. She bestirred herself; she put on her best efforts that she might not tarry when He called. And then she went, we find, just as she was. She rose up quickly, it is said, and she went: she came unto Him. No sooner said than done. She arose and she came…Come to Him who knows just what thou art, and in what state thou art, and He will not cast thee out; only make brave to believe that, when Christ calls, His call is a warrant to come, however unfit we may be. And oh! how promptly she left all other comforters to come to Christ…She went straight away to the Master there and then. So would I have you forget that there are other comforters: forget your joys as well as your griefs: leave all for Him, and let your soul be only taken up with that Great Master of yours who calls for you, for all your faculties, for all your emotions, for all your passions, for your entire self. Come right away, by His help, from everything else that would absorb any part of your being. Rise up, and draw near to Him.~ C.H. Spurgeon
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Amen.:))
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