There was one Man, whom men would not have; that Man was standing as Son of the Father, in the light, with the consciousness of the Father’s eye brightly beaming on Him, and that Man said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” He alone had the secret of rest, and if there was that divine inexhaustible fullness in Him, all the divine glory being in Him, and we having it revealed to us —for He says, “he who has seen Me has seen the Father”—to whom could He not, and to whom would He not give rest?

It is not the question, how much you have to bear, but of the Lord’s eye upon individuals. When He looks on anyone, even if it be a little child who does not yet feel its burden, He sees it and knows all that is connected with conflict. He sees a burden within each, sees everything that is against us.

I may be like a ship wrecked between two seas; well, He says, “Come to Me … and I will give you rest.” How can you get away from that word? Is anything beyond His power? It is just there that we get the very essence of the gospel. He goes on: “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me … and you will find rest for your souls.” How was it that Christ found such perfect rest in the midst of all that was against Him? Ever quiet and at home, in the midst of it all, He says, “Learn from Me.”