All things arise from his power, and are all disposed by his wisdom into
a tendency unto his glory: "Of him, and through him, and to him, are
all things." Under that consideration alone are they to be the objects
of our spiritual meditation, — namely, as they come from him and tend
unto him. All other things are finite and limited, but they begin and
end in that which is immense and infinite. So God is "all in all." He
therefore is, or ought to be, the only supreme, absolute object of our
thoughts and desires; other things are from and for him only. When our
thoughts do not either immediately and directly, or mediately and by
just consequence, tend unto and end in him, they are not spiritual, 1
Peter 1:21.
- John Owen (The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded, Chapter 8)
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