“I HAVE a craving for death.” These words were uttered by one whose worldly prospects were good, but to whom life had no charms, and he longed to die. So great did this longing for death become, that he attempted to take his own life. What a world of sin and grief this is! The rich find no lasting happiness in their riches, nor the learned in their books. Fame’s diadem fades upon the grave, and every voice of earthly love is stilled when heart and pulse are still.
Reader! for what do you crave? Do you not crave for happiness and life? For the happiness of sins forgiven, and the life that is eternal?
Christ gives both. He says, “Come unto Me..., and I will give you rest.” The Apostle says of Jesus, “Whom to know is life eternal.”
The longings of Paul’s heart were all for Christ. He craved “to know Him, and the power of His resurrection.” He longed “to awake with His likeness,” and “to be found in Him.” Yes, none but Christ can satisfy; and the heart will crave forever unless Christ satisfies it. Then come to Jesus, as you are, with the wants of all your life, and He Who blessed the woman at the well, and the thief upon the cross, will bless you with eternal happiness, and fill you to overflowing with the joy of His presence, and the peace that passeth understanding.