On the one hand, undeserved success gives no satisfaction... but, on the other hand, well-deserved failure gives no satisfaction either.
It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.
The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.
The Human heart is an idol factory.