4. One thing. Divided aims tend to
distraction, weakness, disappointment. Let all our affections be bound up in
one, set upon heavenly things. Have I desired. What we cannot at once
attain, it is good to desire. God judges us very much by the desire of our
hearts. Someone riding a lame horse is not blamed by his master for lack of
speed, if he makes all the haste he can; God takes the will for the deed with his
children. Of the Lord. This
is the right target for desires. Desire of men, and lie on the dunghill with
Lazarus; desire of the Lord, and be carried by angels into Abraham’s bosom. Our
desires of the Lord should be sanctified, humble, constant, submissive,
fervent, and it is good if, as with the psalmist, they are all molten into one
mass. That will I seek after. Holy desires must lead me to resolute
action. That I may dwell in the house of the Lordall the days of my life. For the sake of communion with the King, David
longed to dwell always in the palace; so far from being wearied with the
services of the Tabernacle, he longed to be constantly engaged in them, as his
life-long pleasure. He desired above all to be one of the household of God,
living at home with his Father. To behold the beauty of the Lord. An exercise both for earthly
and heavenly worshipers. We must not enter the assemblies of the saints in
order to see and be seen, or merely to hear the minister; we must be intent on
learning more of the loving Father, more of the glorified Jesus, more of the
mysterious Spirit, in order that we may the more lovingly admire, and the more
reverently adore our gracious God. And to inquire in his temple. We
should make our visits to the Lord’s house inquirers’ meetings. Not seeking
sinners alone, but assured saints should be inquirers. We must inquire as to
the will of God and how we may do it; as to our interest in the heavenly city,
and how we may be more assured of it. We should sit at Jesus’ feet, and awaken
all our faculties to learn of him.
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