the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:1-2.
He who believes that Christ also for his sake is ascended up to heaven and that He sits at the right hand of God; that there He is his advocate, intercedes for him, and thinks of him, must show his faith by a heavenly mind and conversation. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. If Christ at the right hand of God be your treasure and inheritance, then your heart will be more with Him above than here upon earth. But as long as you seek earthly things more than heavenly things, and have your heart more set upon corruptible things than upon things eternal; as long as you cling with your whole heart to glory and honor among men, and regard carnal pleasures as your heaven, you delude yourself, and your faith in Christ is a mere fancy. The living faith in Him who is exalted to the right hand of God does not permit us to cling to the low earth, but lifts us up to Him in whom we believe. If Christ in heaven be your head and Savior, you must as one of His members be with Him. If with your whole soul and body you are down here on earth, then you as a member are a long way from the Head. How can a separated member enjoy the beneficent influence of the Head? You can not believe in Him, nor cling to Him, without being near Him in spirit, without being with Him, without rising to Him. Yea, the heart of a true Christian is not at home here; it is with the Savior in heaven.
From that living Fountain drinking.
Walking always at His side,
Christ shall lead me without sinking
Through the river’s rushing tide,
With the blest to sing forever;
I will leave my Jesus never!
