ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PASTORS (BY SPURGEON) Rest, rest, rest—this is what you want.

Rest, rest, rest—this is what you want. This idea of heaven is exceedingly beautiful; a rest which I know I shall never have beneath this sky, while Christ’s servants continue to be so unreasonable as they are. I have served them to the utmost of my power. Yet, I am nearly hounded to my grave by Christian ministers perpetually wanting me to do impossibilities that they know no mortal strength can accomplish. I am willing to labor until I drop, but I cannot do more than I am doing. Yet, I am perpetually assailed on this side and the other, until, go where I may, there seems no rest for me until I slumber in my grave; and I do look forward to heaven, with great happiness, because there I shall rest from labors constant and arduous, though much loved.

Editor’s note: As we walk through the busy Easter season, there are a lot of demands on our time (from others and ourselves). We need to remember to rest in the finished work of Christ and not believe that we can save the lost or build the church.