Spiritual Desire | AdventAI

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 30, 1857

Spiritual Desire.

UNSATIABLE desires in temporals, make a poor man in spirituals; a right Christian is only rich in outward things, when he is contented with what he hath. That man hath nothing of heavenly things, that thirsteth not after more. Worldly desires always leave us empty; either we get not what we covet, or else we are not satisfied with what we get; but he that thirsteth after heavenly things is always filled, and the more he receives the more he desires. Sincere desires will bring the richest and choicest mercies that God can give. What a glorious improvement might we make of this affection, if we did but divert the streams, and turn them heavenward. [Sel.