There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest. By William Nicholson. There the
wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. Job 3, verse 17. In heaven the
righteous will enjoy an uninterrupted repose. Blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they
will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.
There remains a rest for the people of God. It is not, however,
the repose of apathy, or of indolence, or of selfishness, to which the
righteous are destined in their final glorification, it is arrest
from the burden of sin, arrest from the toil of labor, arrest
from the dangers of warfare, arrest from the anguish of guilt,
arrest from the torment of fear, Arrest from the power of temptation. Arrest from the internal disquietude. Arrest from the external assault
from the world. In heaven, the passions that
have agitated the bosoms of mankind in the present world will be
unknown. The follies that have torn their
very heart-strings asunder will eternally cease. The woes that
have despopulated empires, and filled them with blood and carnage,
will be no more. Rebellion will have spent all
its force. The iron rod of oppression will
be broken. The battle trumpet will have
blown its final blast. calamities will have come to
a perpetual end. The olive branch of peace shall
be continually waved on the wall of Mount Zion, and the Prince
of Peace himself shall secure its perfect tranquility. There
the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest."
Job 3, verse 17.