Laying Up Treasures In Heaven Will Draw

I Desire Many Things Concerning Myself; But I Desire Nothing So Much, As To Have A Heart Filled With Love To The Lord. I Long For A Warm Personal Attachment To Him.

It Often Astonishes Me That I Did Not See The Importance Of Meditation Upon Scripture Earlier In My Christian Life. As The Outward Man Is Not Fit For Work For Any Length Of Time Unless He Eats, So It Is With The Inner Man. What Is The Food For The Inner Man? Not Prayer, But The Word Of God -not The Simple Reading Of The Word Of God, So That It Only Passes Through Our Minds, Just As Water Runs Through A Pipe. No, We Must Consider What We Read, Ponder Over It, And Apply It To Our Hearts.

Trials, Obstacles, Difficulties And Sometimes Defeats, Are The Very Food Of Faith.

Now What Is Food For The Inner Man? Not Prayer, But The Word Of God; And Here Again, Not The Simple Reading Of The Word Of God, So That It Only Passes Through Our Minds, Just As Water Passes Through A Pipe, But Considering What We Read, Pondering It Over And Applying It To Our Hearts.

The Vigor Of Our Spiritual Life Will Be In Exact Proportion To The Place Held By The Bible In Our Life And Thoughts.