and had the very care of God Himself.  Oh, Christian, come and say to-day, “I believe there is a possibility of such a change out of that life of spiritual death, and darkness, and sadness, and complaining, that I have often lived, into the land of supply of every want; where the grace of Jesus is proved sufficient every day, every hour.”  Say to-day:  “I believe in the possibility that there is such a land of rest for me.”

And then, the third difference:  In the wilderness there was no victory.  When they tried, after they had sinned at Kadesh, to go up against their enemies, they were defeated.  In the land they conquered every enemy; from Jericho onward, they went from victory to victory.  And so God waits, and Christ waits, and the Holy Spirit waits, to give victory every day; not freedom from temptation; no, not that; but in union with Christ a power that can say, “I can do all things through Him that strengtheneth me.”  “We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.”  May God help every heart to say that.

Then comes the second step.  I want you to say not only, “I believe there is such a life,” but, second, “I have not had it yet.”  Say that.  “I have never yet got that.”  Some may say, “I have sought it;” some may say, “I have never heard about it;” some may say, “At times I thought I had found it, but I lost it again.”  Let every one be honest with God.

And now, will all who have never yet found it honestly, begin to say, “Lord, up to this time I have never had it?” And why is it of such consequence to speak thus?  Because, dear friends, some people want to glide into this life of rest gradually; and just quietly to steal in; and God won’t have it.  Your life in the wilderness has not only been a life of sadness to yourself, but of sin and dishonor to God.  Every deeper entrance into salvation must always be by the way of conviction and confession; therefore, let every Christian be willing to say:  “Alas!  I have not lived that life, and I am guilty; I have dishonored God; I have been like Israel; I have provoked Him to wrath by my unbelief and disobedience.  God have mercy upon me!” Oh, let it go up before God—­the secret confession:  “I haven’t it; alas!  I have not glorified God by a life in the land of rest.”

Then comes the third word I want you to speak and that is:  “Thank God, that life is for me.”  Some say, “I believe there is such a life, but not for me.”  There are people who continually say:  “Oh, my character is so unstable; my will is naturally very weak; my temperament is nervous and excitable, it is impossible for me always to live without worry, resting in God.”  Beloved brother, do not say that.  You say so only for one reason:  You do not know what your God will do for you.  Do begin to look away from self, and to look up to God, Take that precious word:  “He brought them out that he might bring them in.”  The God who took them through the Red Sea was the God who took them through Jordan into