Created For Glory

I was on my way to Colossians chapter 3 this morning, when this devotional
title caught my eye..... "Created for Glory" written by John Wesley, based on
Philippians 3:14. After I read in Colossians, I came back to see just what it
said.......


 (WARNING: this will be a long post!)

 " And let it be observed, as this is the end, so it is the whole and sole end, for
which every man upon the face of the earth, for which every one of you were
brought into the world, and endued with a living soul. Remember! You were
born for NOTHING else. You live for NOTHING else. Your life is continued
to you upon earth, for NO OTHER PURPOSE THAN THIS, that you may 
KNOW, LOVE, AND SERVE God on earth, AND enjoy Him to all eternity.

Consider!

You WERE NOT CREATED .....

to please your senses,

to gratify your imagination, 

to gain money, or the praise of men;

to seek HAPPINESS in ANY created good, in ANYTHING under the sun.

ALL THIS IS "walking in a vain shadow;"

it is leading a restless, miserable life.....


On the contrary, You WERE  CREATED FOR THIS, 

and FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE,

by seeking and finding HAPPINESS  IN GOD ON EARTH,

to secure the glory of God in Heaven.


Therefore, let your heart continually say, "this one thing I do" -

having ONE thing in VIEW,

remembering WHY I was born,

and WHY I am continued in life, -

"I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK."

I aim at the one end of my being, God"...

And then my Matthew Henry's commentary added these thoughts......

Not only is God the "mark", but so is Heaven. He says, "Heaven is the mark
because it is that which every good Christian has in his eye; as the archer has
his eye fixed on the mark he designs to hit." Heaven is also the prize of the
high calling. The prize we FIGHT FOR, AND RUN FOR, and WRESTLE
FOR, what we aim at IN ALL WE DO, and what will reward all our pains.

It is of GREAT USE in the Christian course to KEEP OUR EYE UPON
HEAVEN."
 (All added emphasis mine)

That one cloud reminded me of Heaven....