"HIM THAT COMETH TO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT." How sweet and precious is the invitation of Jesus; but we feel that something more than invitation is necessary. There is often a want of inclination; the soul is sluggish, the heart is heavy, a host of things interpose to keep us from His fulness. His invitation is a full and sufficient warrant; we may go to Him, we may go with confidence, we may go when we will, and for all we need; His heart is kind, His resources are thrown open, His word is true; but we need the drawings of the Holy Spirit. Our weakness, our reluctance, the difficulties we meet, make us cry, "Draw me." He has drawn us, or we would never have approached Him; for He has said, "No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him." This drawing is the effect and proof of eternal love. Hence we read, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." The Lord's drawings are so sweet that we yield before we are aware. "I draw them with cords of love." They are divine, they always prevail. "I draw as with the bands of a man." May Jesus draw us to Himself, away from the world, from sin, and from self. Amen.

For Meditation:
O lead me to Thy mercy seat,
O lead me nearer still;
Draw me like Mary to Thy feet,
To sit and learn Thy will.