Getting to The Heart of the Matter

“Many people place great expectations in varied circumstances and conditions. One thinks he could serve God much better if he were more prospered temporally; another if he passed through the refining effects of poverty and affliction. One thinks his spirituality would be promoted if he could be more retired and solitary; another if only he could have more society and Christian fellowship. But, my reader, the only way to serve God better is to be content with the place in which He has put you, and therein get a better heart! We shall never enter into the advantages of any situation, nor overcome the disadvantages of any condition, until we fix and water the root of them in ourselves. ‘Make the tree good, and the fruit good’ (Matt. 12:33): get the heart right, and you will soon be superior unto all ‘circumstances.’ ”  –A.W. Pink “Practical Christianity” p. 104