I am sure you recollect one place in Scripture that speaks of believers in Christ Jesus:"Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord:whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's" (Rom. 14:8). That is a blessed truth as it stands; and it is written, "Our life is hid with Christ in God." But I see also a constant use of that word in the sense that we are the Lord's, as being separated to Him-subject to Him who now is in the glory, and to return. Not only is it a truth, a fact, but it ought to be running always in our minds, till "I am the Lord's" becomes the fixed habit and thought of our soul. It will keep us free and separate in the strivings of the world, or its disturbances; it will keep our eyes from its pleasures; it will keep us from its devices; it will keep us, as it runs in our hearts, lively in duty. So may it prevail more and more in our hearts and minds! We may go here and there, up and down, with this circumstance or that, yet "I am the Lord's" going with us, will keep our paths as becomes the brightness of His coming. Be careful about everything, that, because you are the Lord's, you may not fail in anything; but be not anxious about anything, making known your requests, great and small, with prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving; and the peace of God, such peace as God has, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.