HE who has but a small aim before him in life will not rise to any greatness. Some Christians seem to remain on a low level all their lives; they may be divided into two classes―those who think more highly of themselves than they ought to think, and those who are content to be asleep.
If a Christian gets it into his head that he is better than others, and has attained to great things, he thinks more highly of himself than he ought to think; he is proud and puffed up, and is by no means with a high aim before him. Far from it; he thinks he has reached the summit, and such thoughts hinder his spiritual progress.
If the Christian be in a sleepy state of soul he has no high aim before him, he is satisfied to be a drowsy Christian; wide-awake, no doubt to the things of the world, to his success in life, but without a high aim for things that are everlasting.
Over and over again the Scriptures exhort us to truly great things. We are bidden to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called, to set our affection on things above, to walk as Christ walked, and thus the really great things are presented to us as those which we should put before our souls as our aim.
Let the young believer put before himself the example of good and noble servants of God, and let him seek the company of such, lest he should think too highly of himself. Let him follow the faith of the examples God has placed before us in His word, and keep the word of exhortation before his soul. Let him visit―if he have the opportunity―the godly sick, and learn from them how to live as a Christian should do. Let him aim high in doing the little things of daily life, for if these be well done, things that men call great will not be difficult to perform. There is a greater thing than doing for Christ, and that is living Christ. Let this, the greatest work of all practical Christianity, be his aim. Have a high aim.