“If God be most precious to thee, then thou canst never have enough of God.
Thou canst never have enough of communion with God.
Thou canst never have enough of the presence of God.
Thou canst never have enough of the Spirit of God.
Thou canst never have enough of the discoveries of God.
Thou canst never have enough of the assistance of God.
Thou canst never have enough of the secret influences and incomes of God.
Thou canst never have enough of the comforts and strong consolations of God.
The grave, the barren womb, the mammonist, the pope, the Turk, the devil, and hell, will be as soon satisfied as thou canst be satisfied without clearer, further, and fuller enjoyments of God.
‘No man,’ saith God to Moses, ‘can see my face, and live,’ (Exod. 33:20); upon which words Augustine makes this short but sweet reply, ‘Then, Lord, let me die, that I may see Thy face.’
It is impossible that ever a man’s heart should rest satisfied till he comes to a full and perfect enjoyment of that which he hath set up as his grand interest, as his great all.”
–Thomas Brooks, “An Ark for All of God’s Noahs,” The Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 2, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1867/1980), 2: 99.
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