OUR LORD CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS BUT SINNERS TO REPENTANCE. Repenting sinners receive a welcome from Him. He calls you to His throne; He is there waiting to hear, relieve, and bless you. You are to go to Him just as you are and receive from Him all you need. He will give you wisdom to direct your steps, peace to keep your hearts, strength to do His will, righteousness to justify your souls, and rest unspeakably sweet. He is glorified in bestowing these blessings upon you. He calls you this morning, this moment, to receive without money and without price. What a precious Saviour is Jesus! What a kind and tender Friend! Let us go boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. "Come," He says, "come to me; go not to any man, or to the world, or to the empty cisterns which creatures idolize; but come unto me, and I will do for you exceeding abundantly above all you ask or think. Your sins I will pardon, your graces I will revive, your comforts I will restore, your holiness I will increase, your efforts to glorify me I will crown with success; I will bless you, and you will be a blessing." O how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that seek Thee, which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee, before the sons of men!

For Meditation:
Come, let us to the Lord our God
With contrite hearts return;
Our God is gracious, nor will leave
The desolate to mourn.