You are broke down on the side of life's highway, and if JESUS doesn't pass by, and give you a Lift, there is no Hope for your Soul. Just like blind Bartimaeus who sat by the highway side begging, but he heard about JESUS, and he wisely began to cry out a great deal to JESUS for Mercy. Bartimaeus cried out a great deal, and then he got a great deal. JESUS heard his cry, and then JESUS stood still; and JESUS commanded the blind man to be brought to HIM. Blind Bartimaeus cast away his garment, rose, and came to JESUS. Bartimaeus received his sight from JESUS that day, and then he gratefully followed JESUS in the way.
Today, cry out to JESUS for Mercy, and really come to JESUS personally with simple, undivided faith in HIM. Let Him give you sight. Let JESUS be first and last with you. Take Him to be your Savior altogether, not in part, from beginning to end, top to bottom, in all ways and respects. Simple confidence in the Lamb of God. The person you need the very most is the LORD JESUS CHRIST. My Confidence and Assurance rests in the sure fact that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and whosoever believeth in Him hath Everlasting Life. Worship God in spirit and in truth, have no confidence in the flesh.
Trust the Lord Jesus Christ with your Soul, cast your whole weight upon His Blood Atonement. Hang on to JESUS as a cup hangs on a nail, and seek no other support but Him. Depend upon Christ with all your might. If your salvation depends upon you in any way, you are lost right now, and the wrath of God abides on you. JESUS' Precious Blood really redeems and ransoms the guilty Soul. If you remain out of Christ, the doom of eternal wrath will inevitably and surely fall upon your sin-cursed Soul. Say to your self-righteousness, begone forever from me. You don't just need to lost weight; you need to lose your SINS. Come to JESUS just as you are, with your sins all about you, guilty and defiled; Come to JESUS pleading His Precious Blood which makes effectual Atonement for needy contrite sinners. Salvation is the Gift of divine Mercy that flows down from God through JESUS CHRIST to empty sinners.
Salvation is never a reward of human merit. Christ did not come to save you because you are good, for you are not good in any way; not because you have merit, for a sinner has no merit before God. Rest alone upon the Foundation which JESUS has perfectly laid for you. Only JESUS' Righteousness can make you accepted in the beloved. Completely yield your Soul up to Christ; Yield yourself to the Gospel of Christ. The Gospel is the Light for the blind, Joy for the despairing, Grace for the guilty, Good News for the worried. Look to JESUS with both eyes, get your eye off of your self, for self is darkness. Singleness, Sincerity, Simplicity is the way to Christ. Your current and eternal Rescue from sin and death must be of Christ alone. Come to the CROSS and accept/take/receive Pardon through the Atoning Blood of God's dear Son, and ask the Holy Spirit to renew and change your evil heart. May the Holy Spirit lead you to do so now.
Come to JESUS now, Receive His Fullness into your empty Soul by Faith, Live in JESUS, Abide in HIM, Commune with HIM, Talk to HIM, Abide in HIM, Read about Christ, Abide in His words, Drink of HIM, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, Think about HIM, Talk about HIM, Live on Christ and in HIM, Live off JESUS and for HIM.
Joyfully toil and labor together with God for JESUS' sake, Cheerfully serve and bear His reproach, that you by all means might save some. Spend and be spent for JESUS. Quiet, forgiving, humble, calm, gentle Faith. Your eyes need God's light, and your Heart needs the Holy Spirit's quickening. Keep to the Scriptures always; they are quick and powerful. Get deep into the nectar of the Scriptures, ask the Holy Spirit to lead you into all truth, open up the Scriptures and your understanding, discern the inward meaning of the Scriptures, suck out the secret sweetness and enjoy true spiritual nourishment.
Never forget God: Only the Holy Spirit can do Eternal work within you and others; ask for His divine visitation in all that you do. Religion is temporal; you must live and do through the Eternal Spirit; He must do all the work. The Holy Spirit's operations of divine Grace must move in the conscience and hearts of men; they must have His light and life, or they will remain sitting dead in their darkness. The Holy Spirit Himself must apply the words of God to your heart with His power, or all is in vain. Yield JESUS prompt and glad obedience. Yield yourself up to His divine will daily, Let the Holy Spirit move and propel you to service for Christ; Yield to power of JESUS within your heart, and let Him transform your whole character. Keep your entire dependence upon the Spirit of God for His power and blessing in all that you do and say.
