If you do not keep your eyes very simply fixed on Christ in heaven, your ways will not be like the ways of those who have a heavenly portion. When that portion gets a place in the heart, it is very bright and attractive, not because of the glory, but because of Christ's being there. If you are occupied with this Christ, you will find your soul will make heaven your true home, heaven not far off, but near. Christ is there; your citizenship is there.
Can you look at Christ and say, All that this Christ is, and all that He has is mine, and not rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory? Oh, if you let your heart loose from things on earth, and get apart with Christ, you will find such a volume not only about Him but in Him! Is it joy to you when you think that Christ has apprehended you? That there is something personal toward you in His heart for which He has apprehended you? The early Christians had this joy unspeakable and full of glory. Do you have it? Do I have it? Does God see my heart going round and round Christ as the one Object of my life?—"To me to live is Christ."