As Christians, we ought ever to be distinguished from the world in
the great object of our life . As for worldly men, some of them are
seeking wealth, others of them fame; some seek after comfort, others
after pleasure. Subordinately you may seek after any of these, but your
main and principal motive as a Christian should always be to live for
Christ. To live for glory? Yes, but for His glory. To live for comfort?
Yes, but be all your consolation in Him. To live for pleasure? Yes, but
when you are merry, sing psalms, and make melody in your hearts to the
Lord. To live for wealth? Yes, but to be rich in faith. You may lay up
treasure, but lay it up in heaven, “where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.” You can make
the most common calling become really sacred by dedicating your daily
life wholly to the service of Jesus, taking as your motto, “ For me to
live is Christ .” There is such a thing as living thus a consecrated
life; and if any deny its possibility let them stand self-convicted,
because they obey not that precept: “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”