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What is the object of your heart? What do you pursue? It may be you are pursuing many things. But if Christ is dwelling in your hearts you will pursue one object, that is Christ. The apostle says of himself, “This one thing I do”. So the Lord says to Martha, who was a true saint and servant, but careful for many things, one thing is needful, not many, and Mary has chosen that good part. I think people are distracted by a multitude of objects. They pursue Christianity, and they pursue many other things besides—there is but one thing to pursue. If Christ dwells in the heart by faith I am not distracted, but governed by one object. God has one object, that is Christ.

But you may say, Have I not to provide for my family and attend to my business? Yes; but Christ in the heart is paramount. Christ will not be content to share your heart with another object. He will be the sole and engrossing object of the heart because He has brought the truth of God to you, and you must be content that everything else should be subordinate to that. He will not suffer a competitor. You get the thought in Isaac and Ishmael. When Isaac was weaned Ishmael had to leave the house.

F. E. Raven (Vol. 1, p.227)

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