Do you think we shall want to talk about self when we get to heaven? I am sure that when the glory shines into our hearts, we can talk of nothing but Christ. If in sorrow and one comes in and talks about the world, does it cheer the heart? No! But if he talks of Christ and all His glory, the heart gets comfort directly.
Why talk about self so much now? Why so vexed about self, so troubled in spirit? And why is there so little to be heard of this Christ, who has brought us where we get all the mind of God and of heaven? I should like to get the thought of the living Christ in heaven the only object before the soul, so that when we meet one another, we may be occupied only with Christ, as perfectly satisfied with Him.
Can there be any lack of joy? Oh no! Christ died for me. Any lack of glory? Oh no! I am one with Him at the right hand of God. But often, even when a large place is given Christ, people forget that it must be only Christ, and not self. If occupied with Christ, where are my own thoughts and my own plannings?
If you are quickened, you must expect to die daily, to let all your own plans and energies die. What has my energy to do with Christ? Human energy connects me with things around me down here, but never drives me to Christ.
From The Gleanings of G. V. Wigram