In early days the varied interests of life carry many
through in some sort of satisfaction. And yet even with the young the
life that is without religion is of necessity an unbalanced life.
Parts of the man or woman concerned are inactive, and the other parts
occupy too much of the stage. Till an interest in God--that greatest of
all interests--has entered a man's life attention is too much concerned
with other things. Till the spirit is awake the body obtrudes itself
too much on consciousness. And thus a man fights the battle of purity
on wrong terms. There is no interest so cleansing as an interest in
God. Nothing so takes a man out of himself as the attempt to face His
demands. Nothing is so certain to counterbalance all unruly thoughts as
to know and worship Him. No discipline is so bracing and purifying as
the discipline of seeking Him.
But this seeking of God means something much greater than the mere
attempt to use prayer for a special purpose. It means getting our whole
life rightly related to Him. It means subordinating our desires to His
will, and seeing our whole life as something to be used for His glory.
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