What is better than gold? Well, they tell us that if a man strikes oil upon his property, he becomes a rich man in far less time than if he found a gold mine. He just puts lip a tower like the one in our picture, and sometimes pumps out, oil by the thousands of gallons.
It fills his pockets with money, but it does not fill his heart. Is there anything under the sun that can fill a man’s heart? Solomon said that “all is vanity and vexation of spirit,” Eccles, 2:17; and he had proved it for he was richer and wiser than the owner of any oil well.
What then can fill your heart? Sorrow can. There are people with pockets full of money whose hearts are full to overflowing with this world’s sorrow.
But joy can too! The blessed Lord Jesus said, “These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” John 15:1111These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. (John 15:11). Here, dear reader, is fullness. of joy, in the love of our precious Saviour, and of His God and Father. The Lord Jesus died to cleanse us from our sins, and He now wants to make us happy with His love.
“We love Him, because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:1919We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19). His love can fill your heart to overflowing with the joy that no one can take away. It can fill a little heart or a big heart, and it will last forever and forever. isn’t that better than gold or oil or anything under the sun?
ML 02/11/1951