Imitate the Miser by William
Mason from the one thing needful to make poor sinners rich and
miserable sinners happy. Where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also. Matthew chapter 6 verse 21 Is not Christ our richest treasure? Should He not be ever in our
minds and our minds ever on Him? O Christian, the riches of your
Christ are boundless and bottomless. You have in Christ unsearchable
riches and inexhaustible treasure which never fails. Oh, then imitate
the miser. Let your mind dwell on your treasure. Let your treasure be ever uppermost
in your mind. Is the miser's mind ever upon
and ever going out after his treasure? Just so, let your minds
dwell on Christ. Does the miser value himself
by his treasure? Just so must you value yourself
upon Christ. Is he always pouring over his
precious wealth? Just so should you pour over
your precious Christ. Does the miser love to inspect
and count over his beloved gold? Oh, let your mind be ever inspecting
your beloved Christ in his wondrous person, in his amazing love,
in laying down his life for you, his enemy, and in his glorious
salvation of you, an ungodly sinner. Be constantly counting
over all the great and precious promises which you have in Him,
all the graces, blessings and comforts which you have from
Him, and the certain glory which you shall soon enjoy with Him. Is the miser careful to keep
and fearful of losing any part of his possession? So let it
be between Christ and your mind. Hold him fast. Cleave to him. Be careful to enjoy him always. Be ever fearful of losing any
blessing or comfort he has promised to bestow. Thus, esteem Christ
as your treasure. Let all your hopes centre in
Him and all your affections fix upon Him, until time is swallowed
up in eternity, be receiving out of His inexhaustible fullness,
grace upon grace, blessing upon blessing, comfort upon comfort. Christ is your treasure. All other things are but dross
and dung compared to him. Look down with a holy contempt
upon all objects beneath your beloved. But whatever was to
my profit, I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What
is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing
greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord for whose sake I have
lost all things. I consider them rubbish that
I may gain Christ. Philippians chapter 3 verses
7 and 8 you