July 10

Luke 12:15
THE man who has found satisfaction in Christ can never be troubled because of his failure to acquire the things of earth. Yet how many professed Christians are unhappy and distressed because of real or fancied wrongs done to them concerning “things” that after all are soon to perish. Happy are they who are so occupied with heavenly realities that the loss or possession of the things of earth means little to them. Their peace is not disturbed, nor does rancor fill their hearts, if they do not get all that they might be legally entitled to. They can commit the entire case to God and count upon Him to do for them what He sees to be right and best.
“If the world were mine and all its store,
And were it of crystal gold;
Could I reign on its throne for evermore
From the ancient days of old.
An empress noble and fair as day,
Oh, gladly might it be,
That I might cast it all away;
Christ, only Christ for me.
For Christ my Lord my spirit longs,
For Christ, my Saviour clear;
The joy and sweetness of my songs
The whilst I wander here—
O Lord, my spirit fain would flee
From the lonely desert away to Thee.”
—Mechthild of Hellfde.