If I allow my work to get between my heart and the Master, it will be of little worth. We can only effectually serve Christ as we are enjoying Him. It is while the heart dwells upon His powerful attractions that the hands perform the most acceptable service to His name; nor is there anyone who can minister Christ with unction, freshness, and power to others, if he is not feeding upon Christ in the secret of his own soul. True, he may preach a sermon, deliver a lecture, utter prayers, write a book, and go through the entire routine of outward service, and yet not minister Christ. The man who will present Christ to others must be occupied with Christ for himself.
C.H. Mackintosh

XXI. Persuasives to Christ.

MATT. xi. 27, 28.
” All things are delivered unto Me of My Father : and no man
knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knowetlt any man
the Father; save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will
reveal Him. Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.”

THE way to be saved is to come to Jesus. I seek to press
this invitation by the arguments which the Saviour used.
I. The reason why you are solemnly bidden to come to
Christ is because He is the appointed Mediator. “All
things are delivered unto Me of My Father.”
II. Christ is a well-furnished Mediator. All things are
delivered.
III. Christ is an inconceivably great Mediator; so great
that no one but an infinite God knows Him.
IV. He is an infinitely wise Saviour. He understands
both persons on whose behalf He mediates—God and you.
V. He is an indispensable Mediator—the only Mediator.
“No man knoweth the Father save the Son.”
C. H. Spurgeon.