How superb the confidence of 'Unto thy seed will I give this land.'
That vision is our true strength. And it will make us feel as pilgrims, which is in itself more than half the battle.
LIFE IN CANAAN
'And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.' GENESIS xii. 3.
These are the two first acts of Abram in the land of Canaan.
1. All life should blend earthly and heavenly.
They are not to be separated. Religion should run through everything and take the whole of life for its field. Where we cannot carry it is no place for us. It is a shame that heathenism should be more penetrated by its religion than Christendom is.
2. The family should be a church.
Domestic religion. New Testament households. Abram a priest. The decay of family religion, worship, and instruction.
3. The service to God should be more costly than to ourselves.