January 18 "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God" (Hebrews 4: 9). How different the state of the believer will be in heaven from what it is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness. In the land of the immortal, fatigue is never known. Anxious to serve his Master, he finds his strength unequal to his zeal. If he is completely active, he will have much labor; not too much for his will, but more than enough for his power, so that he will cry out, "I am not wearied of the labor, but I am wearied in it." Christian, the hot day of weariness will not last forever. The sun is nearing the horizon. It will rise again with a brighter day than you have ever seen, on a land where they serve God day and night, and yet rest from their labors. Here, rest is but partial; there, it is perfect. Toil-worn laborer, only think when you will rest forever! Can you conceive it? It is a rest eternal. There, everything is immortal. The harp abides unrusted, the crown unwithered, the eye undimmed, the voice unfaltering, the heart unwavering, and the immortal being is wholly absorbed in infinite delight. It will be a happy day when mortality will be swallowed up!

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