YOU are sure to be disappointed if you look for that in yourself which can only be found in Another; if you look for that in the law which can only be found in the gospel; if you look for that on earth which is only to be found in heaven.
It is IN CHRIST, and in the place where Christ is, that true joy and satisfaction are to be found. It is on the principle of grace, and not on the principle of merit, that this satisfaction can be reached. The law of God claimed a love from you that was worthy of Him who claimed it. The gospel of God brings the story of a love to you that is worthy of Him in whose heart it originates, and from whose bosom it springs. The blessing of the gospel flows from heaven, and will only have its full fruition in heaven.
Learn, then, what God’s heart is; see that heart expressed in view of all your badness; turn to Him (Christ) who expressed it, and dark disappointment will give place to fullest satisfaction, deepest distress to sweetest praise.
“NOT I, BUT CHRIST”; NOT MERIT, BUT GRACE; NOT EARTH, BUT HEAVEN.