WHAT AM I LIVING FOR?

WHAT AM I LIVING FOR?

Everyone has an object, let him conceal it as he may. The smallest acts of his life betray him. It is a saying in the world - a man’s character is betrayed by his involuntary acts. So with the believer. If the smallest acts spring from devotedness to Christ, there is no fear but that the greatest ones will.

The next thing the soul learns after salvation is the great fact that Christ is not here, that He has been rejected in the world where we live.

The next thing the soul learns after salvation is the g fact that Christ is not here, that He has been rejected in the world where we live.

The next question is, What am I doing here? The true answer is that my heart is not here, my heart is in heaven, but I seek to be here for Him, who is all my delight, in this scene of His rejection where His ‘treasure’ is, for His heart is here, though He has ^[p. 222] left the place; and therefore the chief and real interest of a heart true to Him is the only place He comes to, that is, the midst of His own, His assembly.