Gem #9 - Undivided Purpose of Heart

Suppose you see a lake, and there are twenty or thirty streams running from

it: why, there won't be one strong river in the whole area; there will be a

number of little brooks which will be dried up in the summer, and will be

temporary torrents in the winter. Every one of them will be useless for

any great purpose, because there is not enough water in the lake to feed

more than one great stream.

Now a man's heart has only enough life in it to pursue on object fully.

You must not give half of your love to Christ, and the other half to the

world. No man can serve God and money, because there is not enough in the

heart to serve the two.