He that possesses God has enough for heaven.
1. It is possible for a man to have God for his. 'I am thy Reward,'—not merely Rewarder, but Reward.
How can one spiritual Being belong to another?—plainly, By mutual love.
The Gospel assures us of God's love, and makes it possible for ours to be fixed on Him.
Faith gives us God for ours.
The highest view of the blessings of the Gospel is that God Himself becomes our reward.
How sad the insanity of men appears, in the ordinary aims of their life, its rewards and its objects of desire! How they chase after variety!
How much loftier and truer a conception of the blessing of religion this is than notions of mere escape and the like!
2. The possession of God is enough for earth.
God the all-sufficient object for our spirits, His love, the communication of Himself, the sense of His presence, the depths of His infinite character, of His wondrous ways, of His revealed Truth as an object for thought: of His authoritative will as imperative for will and conscience: aspiration towards Him.