A Devotion from Charles Spurgeon:

We would see Jesus.” —John 12:21

Evermore the worldling’s cry is, “Who will show us any good?” He seeks satisfaction in earthly

comforts, enjoyments, and riches. But the quickened sinner knows of only one good. “O that I

knew where I might find HIM!” When he is truly awakened to feel his guilt, if you could pour the

gold of India at his feet, he would say, “Take it away: I want to find HIM.” It is a blessed thing for

a man, when he has brought his desires into a focus, so that they all centre in one object. When

he has fifty different desires, his heart resembles a mere of stagnant water, spread out into a

marsh, breeding miasma and pestilence; but when all his desires are brought into one channel,

his heart becomes like a river of pure water, running swiftly to fertilize the fields. Happy is he

who hath one desire, if that one desire be set on Christ, though it may not yet have been

realized. If Jesus be a soul’s desire, it is a blessed sign of divine work within. Such a man will

never be content with mere ordinances. He will say, “I want Christ; I must have him—mere

ordinances are of no use to me; I want himself; do not offer me these; you offer me the empty

pitcher, while I am dying of thirst; give me water, or I die. Jesus is my soul’s desire. I would see

Jesus!”

Is this thy condition, my reader, at this moment? Hast thou but one desire, and is that after

Christ? Then thou art not far from the kingdom of heaven. Hast thou but one wish in thy heart,

and that one wish that thou mayst be washed from all thy sins in Jesus’ blood? Canst thou really

say, “I would give all I have to be a Christian; I would give up everything I have and hope for, if I

might but feel that I have an interest in Christ?” Then, despite all thy fears, be of good cheer,

the Lord loveth thee, and thou shalt come out into daylight soon, and rejoice in the liberty

wherewith Christ makes men free.