Abraham went out, not knowing whither he went; and when he came into the land, all he got of it was a grave into which he put the dearest object of his heart. Do you say, Is that all I am to have? [here is something besides; God turned the gaze of Abraham to heaven. He showed him a city, the heavenly one; and he saw the day of Christ, and rejoiced. God shows us, not a city, but a heavenly Christ, "all things that the Father hath"; that is, Christ. If you seek the things above, you will be supremely satisfied. God was not ashamed to be called their God. He would be ashamed to be called the God of some people. Oh, if you are like one who tries to hold these heavenly truths in one hand, and this world in the other, you will never know what fellowship with the Father and the Son is, the infinite blessedness of the Father's delight in the Son. A Christian who does this is always miserable because, being a Christian, he is spoiled for this world, and yet is not in the enjoyment of what belongs to the other. We need to have our hearts' affections engaged with the living Man at God's right hand.