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WHERE IS MY HEART?

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 21, 1882

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 59, No. 12.

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WHERE IS MY HEART?

By R. F. Cottrell

Have I a treasure in Heaven? My heart is with my treasure. Where is my heart? Are my affections on things above? or are the things of earth first and foremost in my mind? Am I planning how I may work for God and my fellow-men? Is the advancement of the cause of God in the world my leading object? or is my mind absorbed in plans to accumulate worldly wealth? If I will examine my waking thoughts, I may discover their tendency. Am I so pressed with worldly business and thoughts of other things, that I have no time for this careful and prayerful examination? Alas! then, where is my heart?
Am I more anxious to increase my possessions than to use what I have in the cause of God? Do I earnestly desire a part in the work of God? Is it my meat to do the will of God, and help in the cause of human salvation?
Let us be sure, my brethren, in regard to where our interest is. The chaff will surely be sifted from the wheat and blown away. God knows where our affections are, if we do not. We may set them on things above. We may have a part in the work of the Lord in the closing message of the gospel. Let us make this the great and all-important object. Let us be more anxious to use our talents, of influence, of ability, of means, in the cause of truth, while we have the opportunity, than we are to increase our worldly wealth. Brother, sister, where is your heart?
R. F. Cottrell.