It is often ignorantly and frivolously charged against Christian men that it is selfish in them to seek heaven and glory for their own souls; but no man who is truly seeking salvation will be moved by that accusation. When men really begin to seek their salvation, and to turn their faces to the glory of heaven, then it is that all selfish and ignoble desires receive their death-blow. It is not selfish, surely, for the diseased to seek healing, or the hungry food, or the prodigal his father’s house. So far from this being a sign that the heart is selfish, there is no surer sign that it is being sanctified.
Alexander Whyte

CLXXXI. Preparation for Heaven.

2 COR. v. 5.
“Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God,
who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.”

I. THE work of preparation for heaven.
There must be some kind of preparation. This prepara-
tion must be wrought in us.
It is possible for us to know whether we are thoroughly
prepared.
II. The author of this preparation is God. Without
acquaintance with God we cannot be prepared. Consider
the seal of this preparation—the earnest of the Spirit. A
part of heaven, a young heaven. Nurse it within you.
If we have this seal, we shall show patience, forgiveness,
holy courage, and a living faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Charles H. Spurgeon

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