As our Father is in Heaven, Heaven must be the proper home for us His children. Earth cannot be our true home. It can only be a place where we are to remain for a time, until the place is ready that our Father has prepared for us in the happy abode where He is waiting to welcome us. Why then should we distress ourselves about the transitory things on earth, where we are passing a very brief time at most, and where all that befalls us is intended by our Father in Heaven to make us fit to reign with Him for ever?

As our Father is in Heaven, He is able to look down on what takes place on earth with all the perfect clearness of the light of Heaven. He sees every one as he really is; He is not deceived by earthly splendour; He knows in the most perfect detail the trials, the sorrows, the temptations, the struggles, the virtues, the merits of each; He makes allowance for each, and judges each with the most perfect impartiality, and at the same time with the most indulgent love. No fear lest He overlook thee, insignificant and worthless as thou art.

As our Father is in Heaven, we His children have no reason to fear any enemies either of our soul or body. He, who is in Heaven, is necessarily all-powerful, and laughs to scorn the devices of the wicked. His enemies may appear to succeed for a time, and His friends to fail, but our Father in Heaven is but waiting for the time when He will bring to shame all His foes, and will exalt His faithful friends. When the wicked seem to triumph, I must console myself by the thought that their victory will then be turned into a crushing defeat.