and
really I am doing it, and I have the sanction of God upon it, I know God
has blessed me"? They have not been convicted of their unbelief. "Oh!
fools, and slow of heart to believe." Do you know what Christ said about
a man calling his brother a fool? Yet here the loving Son of God could
find no other word to speak to His beloved disciples: "Oh! fools, and
slow of heart to believe." You want the Lord Jesus to give you this full
revelation of Himself? Are you willing to acknowledge that you are a
fool for never having believed in Him? "Lord Jesus, it is my own fault.
There Thou art, longing to have possession of me. There Thou hast been
with Thy faithful promises waiting to reveal Thyself."

Did you ever hear of a man loving another and not longing to reveal
himself? Christ longs to reveal Himself, but He cannot on account of
our unbelief. May God convict us of our unbelief that we may get
utterly ashamed and broken down, and cry, "Oh, my God, what is this,
this heart of unbelief actually throwing a barrier across the door
that Christ cannot step in, blinding my eyes that I cannot see Jesus,
though he is so near? Here He has been for ten or twenty years, from
time to time giving me the burning heart, enjoying the experience of a
little of His love and grace, and yet I have not had the revelation of
Him, taking possession of my heart and dwelling with me in unbroken
continuity." Oh! may God convict us of unbelief. Do let us believe
because all things are possible to him that believes. That is God's
word, and this blessing, receiving the revelation of Jesus, can come
only to those who learn to believe and to trust him.

There is another mark of those to whom this special revelation of Christ
will come, and that is,

_They do not rest until they obtain it._

You know the story. Their hearts were burning as they drew nigh to the
place they were going to, and Christ made as if He were going farther.
He put them to the test, and if they had allowed Him quietly to go on,
if they had been content with the experience of the burning heart, they
would have lost something infinitely better. But they were not content
with it. They were not content to go home to the disciples that night
and say, "Oh, what a blessed afternoon we have had! What wonderful
teaching we have had!" No! The burning heart and the blessed experience
just made them say, "Lord, abide with us," and they compelled Him to
come in. They constrained Him to come